One thing Trump has done is to expose what all governments do. The difference is that Trump thinks what he is doing is a good thing. The others know to keep it a secret. UK and Australia are part of it too.
Mik
Australia
Government continues to allocate billions of dollars to housing. Yet cannot tell us how many houses have been built, how many are going to be built, how people get access to the housing, nor how many houses need to be be built. As the population increases, housing construction in a mess, and the government laughs at the people without a place to call home.
Imagine how bad it would be if there was not a corruption commissioner.
RE: https://aus.social/@tallandtrue/116020285203381949
Corruption runs deep.
For decades scientists have been limited to the building of conventional weapons. Scientists will be pleased they can get back to building more sophisticated and life ending on earth nuclear weapons.
Imagine if science was not ethical. We would in real trouble.
Australia
Education is about indoctrinating people from an early age, to put their heads down, work hard and obey the rules. It is about inculcating beliefs and ideas that suit the people with power. This continues into university where huge personal debts are imposed on people, ensuring they work hard, keep their head down and obey the rules.
Australia
We have a severe lack of brain power in our parliaments. Even if politicians were smart enough to understand what needs to be done, they do not have the will to do it.
Australia
Some things are just not worth caring about.
The New START treaty, the last remaining nuclear arms control agreement between the United States and Russia, officially expired today.
Mik boosted:
Labor, Liberal, National and PHON’s track record when it comes to gambling regulation tends to be ‘spin’ at best, and complicit on average and perhaps even corrupt at worse.
Yet the two major parties keep being voted in…
https://theconversation.com/you-spin-some-you-lose-more-how-albaneses-gambling-rhetoric-falls-short-271614
#AusPol
Costello is irrelevant.
Labor fans chant how weak the LNP is today. Yet their PM continues to fast track us down the path of despair. More interested in shaking hands with advocates for war than improving the lives of Australians.
RE: https://aus.social/@drrimmer/116015608912074369
Albanese will shake hands with anyone to get his silly grin published. The man has no talent and no morals.
Australia
PM Albanese continues to shake hands with some of the most evil people on the planet. He is either a moron, or a monster. Maybe a moronic monster. The next PM will be worse.
Please, no matter how bad something might look, it is a lot worse than we can know.
Problem is no one is safe today. Our lives can be extinguished in the blink of an eye. It has already started.
Australia
Doing business with unelected swill. Seems to be a trademark of our PM.
Australia
If Starmer has to resign, he will be replaced by someone who will still work for the same Oligarchs. If the Australian PM or US President resigned, or removed following and election, the same people would keep the power.
It seems our governments have become what we were once told we needed to fear and fight against happening to us.
We silently nod like well trained seals as Totalitarianism becomes the new normal.
Australia
You don't have to be a moron to get a job at the ABC; but it sure helps.
Australia
We need to continue to build relationships with China. If we don't build mutually beneficial economic relationships, and friendly people relationships, we will keep falling behind.
One area the government needs help with is Housing. The PM said he would use AI to solve the housing problem and got sprung for corruption.
We could pay a delegation of Chinese housing experts to design and manage a plan for housing the Australian population.
Only one person, Ghislaine Maxwell, has been convicted as a result of dealings with Epstein.
The justice system is either corrupt, incompetent or both.
Australia
Have an election and wait to see what the next government does. Hoping not to be in the next group of victims.
We still call it democracy.
CBA aka Commbank app is not working. Online login is not working.
A good example of why we should not allow government to force us to use electronic funds (ie cashless). A good example of why banks should not be allowed to force us to use Google apps.
Government is surely determined to treat us all like burdens, not just age pensioners.
Australia
Free speech is a fundamental aspect of democracy, allowing individuals to express their opinions, ideas, and perspectives without fear of reprisal or censorship.
The PM says "...the time for talking is over..."
Effectively any chance for democracy is over.
We live in a very dangerous world.
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