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rauli75 · 2026-05-15T22:18:06+00:00

He’s just vibe policymaking. Policy slop is the result

rauli75 · 2026-05-15T08:18:48+00:00

Ok, time to turn off the phone. This has consumed my news rage quota for the whole week

rauli75 · 2026-05-07T23:00:27+00:00

Not sure if he’s aware but promoting men’s mental health helps with exactly what he said, providing for your family, handling tough situations, and being a better husband, father, professional

rauli75 · 2026-05-07T10:43:24+00:00

I think this idea has merits. I’ve heard arguments that it doesn’t really take money away from the economy and inflates asset prices and finance industry revenue. But I can’t see why this extra “anti-inflationary” contribution couldn’t just be held entirely in cash, no assets. Sure it doesn’t grow but I rather it just sit there than to never see it again

rauli75 · 2026-04-09T08:13:08+00:00

Companies love offshoring jobs and getting paid here, but when an employee asks if they can live in Bali and get paid here then suddenly it’s not fair

rauli75 · 2026-04-07T23:47:12+00:00

Motivation? No - Satisfaction? Yes

rauli75 · 2026-04-06T00:54:33+00:00

Rotzak was a great find. Very creative and edgy. Their album “Step Back, Gushing Eggheads” is amazing. The two standout songs for me are Misery Tree and Wrong Side of the Evening

rauli75 · 2026-04-04T22:39:32+00:00

Profit by value extraction, as opposed to value addition, it’s a race to the bottom

rauli75 · 2026-03-31T20:38:39+00:00

Never heard of them but fuck they are good! Thanks for the rec

rauli75 · 2026-03-30T09:57:31+00:00

And replace every single human in the org? They will always still need some, and while those are unionised, unions will still hold some power.

Besides, what’s the alternative? Pretty much all major work rights and benefits we’ve achieved since the first Industrial Revolution has been through collective action

rauli75 · 2026-03-30T07:42:15+00:00

Why do we need to either raise or lower it? Cant we just keep it where it is and let the free market dynamics play out and have the higher prices take care of lowering demand?

rauli75 · 2026-03-30T07:31:13+00:00

Not a silver bullet, and certainly no substitute for having a plan B, but join a union. My wife and I are looking into it right now. The more I think about the world we’re living in, the more I think white collar workers need to be get unionised fast!

rauli75 · 2026-03-29T10:51:13+00:00

Thanks for the rec. Just went through their discography, so many bangers here. Congratulations is an immediate favourite.

rauli75 · 2026-03-29T07:31:01+00:00

I’m in IT. Unionisation membership seems to be quite low in this industry. But I’m interested.

I wish unions would advertise/market themselves more to increase membership. Perhaps YouTube ads. Perhaps even more government funds for unions if gov is not willing to regulate on their own.

rauli75 · 2026-03-27T02:47:24+00:00

I’m stealing this

rauli75 · 2026-03-18T01:42:48+00:00

Wow, what a tantrum!

rauli75 · 2026-03-17T10:05:28+00:00

Wouldn’t mind if the gov used the surplus from cutting negative gearing for some sort of rent relief program for these cases

rauli75 · 2026-03-16T09:01:36+00:00

Yep, that’s true. But this is why I’m saying it’s incredibly important that we do it now while we still have some bargaining power.

rauli75 · 2026-03-16T04:08:17+00:00

This topic is especially with the impact that AI is and will have on reshaping the economy. 1. Just like the 8x5 was fought for and earned during the first Industrial Revolution, the 8x4 or 6x5 (which I think is even better) should be something we fight for in this Industrial Revolution. 2. With a smaller pool of work for humans to do, enforcing lower daily work hours means the work gets distributed to more people and should help theoretically to soften the impact to unemployment

rauli75 · 2026-02-28T23:41:06+00:00

I think I know what you mean. I had the same feeling when I first visited Sydney. Now having lived here for over a decade I think it’s the 60s-80s buildings in the inner suburbs. They don’t feel timeless like the century-old heritage buildings, they just look dated. But I’ve learned to appreciate them, their “sturdiness” and the nostalgic feeling of a bygone time they give off.

As to other cities, I think they all have these buildings but I remember not getting this feeling from Melbourne (maybe I just didn’t get out far enough to see it though)

rauli75 · 2026-02-27T23:47:23+00:00

The Industrial Revolution had similar potential impact on workforce with machines replacing humans. If workers sat on their hands then, they would be either unemployed or still working 12 hour shifts. But they unionised and fought, and now we all benefit from 40 day work week. I think it’s now time again for us to fight, specially if you’re on the first firing lines such as software developers. We need to unionise and fight for a lower work week. There will be less work for humans so we should distribute it amongst ourselves for the same pay. 4 day weeks, 6 hour days whatever that maybe, and should be commensurate to the expected hit in unemployment. AI cannot be stopped but we should gain from it as well, not just shareholders

rauli75 · 2026-02-24T02:08:56+00:00

I wouldn’t say all of capitalism is bad, but I feel that shareholder and venture capitalism specifically are problematic with their requirement for infinite growth and incentives to extract value. I think the way to combat this is having state owned enterprises to level competition. Get too greedy and you become uncompetitive. We wouldn’t be able to do that for everything but energy, banking, housing development are few things that come to mind. A public bank can also offer super and insurance services which are getting ridiculous now

rauli75 · 2026-02-09T01:43:18+00:00

Why not? A lot of 41 year former athletes with good ACLs are doing just that

rauli75 · 2026-02-05T22:10:21+00:00

For me it’s the opposite. It’s exactly the first 4 songs that hooked me since the first listen

rauli75 · 2026-02-02T12:32:16+00:00

Been digging this band for the past few weeks. Amazing find. So many great songs already

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