Exactly
@mylesjaybee
off-grid intentional community dweller, near nimbin, australia β’ permaculture grower β’ writer β’ stencil artist β’ photographer β’ anarcho-socialist activist β’ tech-cautious β’ passionate cook β’ decriminalise all drugs β’ lgbtqi+ ally β’ first nations solidarity
Exactly
@albomp this is leadership. You could learn from people like this.
It's BS. AI generated image with completely fabricated info.
They all have their noses in the same trough
Australia obsesses over "welfare dependency".
Meanwhile govt support for wealth includes:
Superannuation tax concessions $52B
Capital gains tax discount $11B
Negative gearing $5B
That's about $68 billion a year, mostly benefiting the richest Aussies.
That's the welfare worth talking about.
#auspol
Nah, he would put tarrifs on tomatoes...
At some point in your life you wake up and realize that actually your country is not one of the 'good guys' in fact it is one of the worst countries in the world and it uses all its power and wealth to abuse weaker countries and poorer people
If you haven't woken up, you should
Eliminate lobbying. All it is is bribery by another name.
Care work is the foundation of civilisation.
Childcare.
Aged care.
Disability support.
Health care.
Mostly women.
Underpaid.
Emotionally brutal work.
Meanwhile a handful of rich men extract billions and call themselves "job creators".
The system is upside down.
#auspol
Same with all care in this country, sadly
Yes, I agree. I was just trying to test the reactions π
You are talking with someone who sadly believes a full on revolution is becoming the only real answer.
Yes, there's a plan for fuel crisis. The Govt spent $150k trying to stop @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social FOI to get it. Here it is - published with link to worse case
#auspol #Iran
michaelwest.com.au/fuel-crisis-...
β’ public funding models that reduce donor dependence
Otherwise every reform gets slowly strangled by the oligarchy.
#auspol
π§΅ 1/2
If we want fairness, we have to reduce the ability of wealth to buy outcomes.
We must push for:
β’ caps on political donations
β’ real-time donation transparency
β’ tighter lobbying rules
β’ stronger corruption oversight
β’ bans on the revolving door between politics and industry in key sectors
There was a time. My mumβs generation. She went to uni for free and even received a stipend to study. Both my parents were broke poor and they both got free uni education in Australia in the 70βs before I was born
No more guns and wars. Enough.
#socialistsunday
Screenshot of a tweet by Jessica Grace (@IsIcaLynn). The text reads: βI find that a lot of anti-socialist sentiment boils down to a basic belief that people are lazy and wonβt do good in the world or work hard unless they are suffering. I believe the opposite. I think most people would do amazing things if they werenβt in dire straits constantly.β
One of the biggest divides in politics is what you believe about people. Some think humans only work if theyβre desperate. Others think people thrive when theyβre secure. Iβm firmly in the second camp.
Happy #socialistSunday to those who observe π
If only
- every public building had solar panels
- every home had subsidised insulation
- every motorway had passing vehicles powering wind turbines
- every stream had micro-hydro-turbines
Subsidised by
every fossil fuel mogul
paying Β£billions
from profiteering
& tax avoidance
#SocialistSunday
π§΅ 2/2
β’ trial a 4-day work week in parts of the economy
β’ raise income support so people are not forced into desperation
People should not be one broken car or one rent rise away from collapse!!
#auspol
π§΅ 1/2
A fair country needs working people to have bargaining power again.
We must:
β’ strengthen unions and collective bargaining
β’ curb sham contracting and gig exploitation
β’ make wage theft enforcement brutal
β’ lift minimum standards across insecure sectors
#auspol
The world is getting hammered by concentrated corporate power in supermarkets, banking, energy, insurance, construction materials, media and more.
If a handful of firms can set the terms of daily life, democracy is just bloody theatre.
#SocialistSunday
We must urgently rebuild public capacity in:
aged care
disability services
health
mental health
childcare
TAFE
transport
energy
social housing delivery
Essential systems should be designed around outcomes, not contracts. Privatisation has failed us all.
#auspol
You can't have a fair country when housing is a speculative asset before it's a human need.
#SocialistSunday
A fair society cannot keep asking nurses, tradies, carers and teachers to carry the country while giant fortunes keep compounding through passive ownership.
TAX WEALTH!!
#SocialistSunday
A broken system survives because people keep participating in it.
Buy less.
Support locals.
Ignore culture war bait.
Build community.
Starve the machine.
#SocialistSunday
The US Soldiers Killed In This War Were Not Heroes
They did not die defending their country. They did not die fighting to protect Americans.They died advancing the geostrategic agendas of oligarchs and empire managers which benefit ordinary Americans in no way.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/the-us-sol...
Pauline Hanson painted by Squiggle King. She looks as grotesque as she is inside in this painting
Squiggle King is deffo a cool Aussie artist, I love this