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A country under 'strain': Australians' life satisfaction hits record low (www.sbs.com.au)

submitted 6 months ago by okwithmydecay@leminal.space to c/australia@aussie.zone

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[–] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 15 points 6 months ago (3 children)

doesn't help that fox and the other stations are nothing but fear mongering doom sayers

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[–] minimumchips@aussie.zone 14 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Yeah but we can't let that overshadow a very real and justified frustration at the devaluation of labour in a world where asset inflation is hurting a lot of people.

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[–] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 5 points 6 months ago (1 child)

Oh that is very real and a justified cause of dissatisfaction

the fear mongering is to distract from that reality and yes, too many people have let the far mongering over shadow their lived experience

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[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 4 points 6 months ago

They fluff up the bogus culture wars so we don't realise it's actually a class war.

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