• No_Eponym@lemmy.ca
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    10 days ago

    JFC, either be right-wing or left-wing. Don’t they realize if they try and go halfsies they alienate the left and never get the right because those fanatics are voting for their Make Australia Great Again party no matter how "both sides"Labour tries to get? Is this incompetence or intentional sabotage?

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      9 days ago

      The Labor party have been centrists for decades, they’re just leaning into it even harder now.

      Australian Socialists (Vic Socialists going national) and Socialist Alliance exist, and probably others I don’t know exist. Hell, even the Greens are somewhat more left wing than Labor (despite having a really stupid internal party structure which is a bit dictatorial).

      Left wing voters need to wake up and realise the “Labor” party are a misnomer and have been for a very long time.

    • finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world
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      9 days ago

      Looks like intentional sabotage.

      The whole upper rung of Labor needs a cleanout, but particularly ‘Wishy-Washy’ Albanese and ‘Gravely Concerned’ Wong.

      Yes, they want to avoid looking ‘unstable’ by having leadership challenges, but we’re at a stage where PHON is actually seeing a rise in popularity because of Labor’s enshittification (and because the LNP are shit, but that’s almost traditional)! Labor is actually at risk of losing the next federal election to the dregs of Morrison’s party, and/or the bigoted halfwit who’s accomplished nothing during all her time in politics but division!

      Somebody please challenge Albanese for the leadership!

      And while I’m having a rant, a conscience vote for Labor MPs would be nice, too!

      • minimumchips@aussie.zone
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        9 days ago

        I agree with your views on the labor party, but I can’t see the opposition being elected. There are so many people who still support labor. Everything they do is just image management (and not particular well, given the Herzog invitation). But lots of people still think they are supportive of affordable housing. They propose the HAFF, then the housing minister a couple of years later says she doesn’t want house prices to go down. Your view of the party will depend on which media you’ve been exposed to. In 2022 albo said rent caps were “pixie dust”. I don’t think this statement will age very well, but that horse has bolted.