A special "go fuck yourself" to Virginia Foxx and Mike Johnson.

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[–] 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

As an Australian I am constantly amazed that no matter how racist, homophobic, greedy, stupid, selfish and blatantly self-serving America’s government representatives are, you continue to vote for them.

We arent so committed to the red vs blue ideology. If I vote for blue one term and they don’t perform I’ll vote red or green or independent next term.

Unfortunately, the way things are going, your vote might not make a difference for much longer.

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  • [+] 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)
  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Interesting, learnt something new. Thanks.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Yyyyeah. Unfortunately we're not actually a democratic nation- land and especially money count for more than actual people when it comes to voting. Gerrymandering just reinforces it, and ensures an undemocratic result.

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    Doesn't the coal industry control your government? And remind me where Rupert Murdoch came from.

    If I vote for blue one term and they don’t perform I’ll vote red or green or independent next term.

    uh, I'm pretty sure that's a factor to how America got to the way it is.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    To be clear, Australia is not perfect by a long stretch, but our politicians are much more discrete in their desire for enrichment, we also have a lot more guard rails in place to prevent it, while they are in office.

    While there is obviously big business trying to influence government decisions, that will always happen regardless of who we vote in. My point is, if the person you vote for isn’t clearly concerned with improving the lives of their constituents you should absolutely fuck them off and not continually vote for them for decades.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    One of the parties is blatantly racist, homophobic, greedy, stupid, and selfish, and they celebrate it, they are proud of it. The other party is not. The other party has issues, but they are worlds apart. There is no excuse not to aggressively vote blue at every opportunity.

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