Not that liberal got in, just that so many people think it matters. I have only been alive mid 40 years, but in my time I haven't seen much difference to the policies regardless which bunch of UN/USA controlled aussies stooges were in power. Its been the same selling off of national assets to private companies who have enjoyed it like pigs in a trough, electricity bills tripling, house prices quadrupling thanks to foreign groups being allowed to buy and trade property like stocks, they block boats but triple immigration, sending almost all manufacture offshore, selling our currency to foreign groups in a bunch of ways that was supposed to be banned after the great depression nearly killed the world, crime is up, even where it hasn't gone up, increase of police numbers per capita, police now dressing like paramilitary( bad sign guys, I worked in 2nd and 3rd world countries, the freer the country the less police need to look like army) and persons incarcerated, means crime isn't the same, its much worse, mass regulations in everything- we have so many more laws, acts, regs, safety policies fines and fees to maintain basically the same 1st world standard.
Can anyone point to a political change that reversed any of the above big time? Some Prime Minster going, well selling off the power grid for internationals to build has only tripled the price we are paying, I'm taking it all back, for aussies. Or saying screw the US trade deals, we are using our resources to make the stuff here. Or screw the forieng nationals bubbling real estate 300% more than it should be from natural population growth, we are taking it all back!
LOL, maybe I was asleep if it ever happened.
I'm looking at the next generation who will struggle to able to afford a house in cities( which is about 75% of our population). They are being told they can have smartphone and 35 different genders, but they will be paying my generation rent until we are retired. Not a great deal, but they are being sold they are getting a great deal, and sadly a lot believe it.
And all these people excited or worried which scottmorrisokeatinghowardwhitlamhawke clone is in power right at the moment, as if it makes a lick of difference. They don't control global affairs, they don't control the country, Prime ministers haven't even shown much evidence they can control their own parties the last 10 years. But roll-up roll-up get your tickets to the next 4 year punch and judy show while we .....continue to do all the same stuff I mentioned in the first half the post.
I could sit back and say well I'm glad my generation could make bank. By 1993 after the USSR collapsed, western business expanded into their former territories in the biggest economical expandsion since end of ww2 . It was a great time to be young, we had 20% stock returns, the first generation in human history a 20 year old could get multiple house loans while paying off a prado and HSV and have them paid off within 15 years. And we did.
The funny thing is these kids now all blame the baby boomers, forgetting the boomers started out poorer than anyone. Complete wage inequality in the 50's and 60's, I'm talking women actually on half the wage becauese they weren't allowed to do certain jobs, limited work safety , education was often full fee( like internationals have to pay, so if your folks weren't well heeled, you didn't go), they inherited a cold war from their parents that had closed off half the world to business( the iron curtain). Yet they turned it all around, worked their butts off and made themselves rich, the western economies rich and and their kids, my generation, even richer. If you want to be angry it probably should be at us. We had the easiest run of all, and unlike the boomers, didn't even earn it.
But I feel genuinely bad for the next generation because they are my kids, or my brothers kids anyway.. Running about with all their toys, smartphones, internet, online baking, weather apps, data, hiluxes with the fruit hanging off, computer games and other completely worthless sh**( and all invented by generations before them, even social media was pioneered by guys who are 40 now) and looking down the barrel of an increasing pension age( who knows, 70, 75, 80?) .Will they even get to retire after I am gone?
Hell of a rant for a reasonable wednesday, just had to let it out after these 'Elections'