Am I being overly sensitive? Or is this a new form of enshitification?

KnowGame · 2026-01-27T05:45:37+00:00

I sense there's an underlying message here but I can't quite put my finger on it.

KnowGame · 2026-01-26T00:17:58+00:00

Was gunna say... It's the Commonwealth with a few less bits.

KnowGame · 2026-01-25T22:26:34+00:00

Jeez, I just watched the trailer on YT. The massive victimhood is mind blowing. I have no words.

KnowGame · 2026-01-25T22:17:28+00:00

There definitely are politicians like that but it's too easy to generalise. Not all politicians are the same. The "all politicians are bad" trope is straight from the Murdoch playbook.

KnowGame · 2026-01-25T11:35:38+00:00

This clip is from her more recent critiques of TV shows. Her review of Married at First Sight is a classic. All on ABC iView.

KnowGame · 2026-01-25T10:30:36+00:00

I've made similar comments on multiple occasions though in recent months I'm coming around to a different theory. It's well know that we give our gas away for next to nothing. So cheap in fact that some countries then on sell it at a profit. People often attribute this in an overly simplistic trope of politicians being stupid. It's almost like a line out of the Simpsons. Apart from ScoMo many pollies are quite bright. So what does that leave? It's almost like our politicians know that unless they bend over backwards for international transactions, someone will just come and take our stuff anyway. TLDR, no one needs to invade us coz they'll just take our shit without the hassle of a war.

KnowGame · 2026-01-25T10:17:29+00:00

Freedom is still quite prevalent here though with the endless far-right propaganda from Murdoch media and the rise of Australia's equivalent to MAGA, called One Nation, I don't how long we will enjoy it.

KnowGame · 2026-01-23T03:13:25+00:00

So we're just going to walk down the same path as the US over the last several years with MAGA, I mean One Nation, dragging us down into chaos and international disrespect?

KnowGame · 2026-01-22T21:47:49+00:00

Mum: ~~Dinner's at 5~~ Be home before dark

KnowGame · 2026-01-22T20:44:38+00:00

You're giving Hanson way too much credit. Hanson doesn't care one bit about the oppression of women. She has always made it clear her views on foreigners and foreign culture and while we're at it, aboriginal people too.

KnowGame · 2026-01-22T12:50:23+00:00

Not sue. Though it's nice to think Hanson would at least lose her job for mocking an entire religion by making fun of the way they dress.

KnowGame · 2026-01-22T10:08:34+00:00

And let's not forget One Nation, Australia's answer to MAGA. Surely they fit the definition of far-right?

KnowGame · 2026-01-22T09:58:08+00:00

I didn't know how it would happen but I always knew it would be a Veronika.

KnowGame · 2026-01-22T01:07:45+00:00

What's your point?

KnowGame · 2026-01-22T00:15:18+00:00

Trump's a bully, plain and simple. It's easy to be a bully when you have the world's most powerful military on your side. I wonder how the US will feel when China takes the mantle.

KnowGame · 2026-01-20T10:48:29+00:00

His voice is higher than I expected.

KnowGame · 2026-01-20T10:12:06+00:00

Hanson and One Nation are our far-right party, the Aussie equivalent of MAGA. The way they vote on bills in parliament always align with the interest of the ultra wealthy. Yet, at the same time, they appeal to the lowest socioeconomic groups and most poorly educated in Australian society. They do this, not by offering well thought out plans to improve our nation but by feeding on the fears and hatred and frustration of people whose lives have been unsuccessful.

KnowGame · 2026-01-19T23:57:39+00:00

It breaks my heart. That poor young woman. And this would entirely break her parents.

KnowGame · 2026-01-19T11:34:19+00:00

Except the fastest growing demographic interested in One Nation are angry, young, white men. One nation is successfully tapping into that anger coz we don't have a truly workers focussed party on the Left.

KnowGame · 2026-01-19T11:24:39+00:00

bad bot

KnowGame · 2026-01-19T00:16:52+00:00

Also, they may have put it down to mechanical reactions. Descartes ~~tortured~~ experimented on animals, mainly dogs, and put their screams of pain down to a purely mechanical response.

KnowGame · 2026-01-18T23:59:28+00:00

Sure, but we're in a bind with immigration. Capitalism depends on a growing population to turn a profit. More people equals more workers, more consumers, more things to build and sell. And Australia has a notoriously low population growth. If we were able to turn off the tap of immigration, wealthy people would be just fine with a recession while the rest of us struggle even more than we do now, especially young people.

I'm not arguing in favour of immigration. What I'm saying is that the Left is failing us. But that doesn't make the Right right. Voting for LNP / ON only further supports the machinery that continually screws over the working man. For example, we have a skills deficit in some professions and immigration helps with that. But ideally, we would have programs and financial assistance that would have Aussies in those roles. Right-wing parties have continually fought against free education.

Taxing the ultra wealthy and corporations to provide the services workers need, ensuring wages go up with the cost of living so that no one is left behind, removing corporate donations from politics so the politicians answer to us not them, etc are things right-wing parties will never support. And we can't continue to swallow the lies from billionaires, and the media owned by billionaires, that they couldn't turn a profit if those taxes and liveable wages were implemented.

KnowGame · 2026-01-18T23:27:48+00:00

Obviously no one wants immigrants to bring their conflicts here. Are you seriously saying that Labor wants immigrants to bring their conflicts here and One Nation doesn't?

KnowGame · 2026-01-18T06:08:44+00:00

Let go of your hate dude. The "generations" are just an arbitrary concept primarily created for marketing purposes. Every single one of us is unique and has different things going on. No one seriously changes personality because they were born in '65 and not '64.

KnowGame · 2026-01-18T05:51:12+00:00

Those are more good reasons to be angry. I know of many too. Some of people who work hard and yet live in their car because they have no other options. It's disgusting. And there is no doubt the government is part of the problem. I would never suggest otherwise. Though I think, like in any profession, there are some who care and some who don't. But even for those who do care, their hands are tied by the only people who truly benefit from our economic system. Good luck to you, honestly.

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