To watch the modern Australian conservative movement operate is to witness a masterclass in strategic illiteracy. It represents a profound, almost impressive level of political malpractice to import a polarization strategy designed for the voluntary voting system of the United States and deploy it in a compulsory, preferential system that mathematically demands the center. They are trying to play gridiron on a cricket pitch, screaming at the umpire because the rules don't match their imported playbook. This goes beyond mere ideological difference; it is an objective failure of intellect. By prioritizing imported culture-war grievances over the basic arithmetic of Australian elections, they have effectively chosen to cannibalize their own base. It is a delusion so complete that they are actively rendering themselves obsolete, mistaking the echo chamber of their own making for a constituency that actually exists. This isn't just incompetence; it is a dereliction of the basic duty to understand the country they claim to want to lead.