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by lIIIllllIIII
1541 days ago
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Australia's democratic system is vastly superior to first-past-the-post. And yet, here we are - indefinitely detaining refugees, eye-watering corruption that vanishes from public discourse so quickly you can hear a doppler effect (half a billion dollars given without competitive tender to 6 randos to supposedly save the barrier reef), country is run by a member of a Pentecostal cult who brought an actual lump of coal into parliament (where do you even get one? what sort of logistics were involved in that stunt?) It's either the people, or the Murdoch-monopolised media (not to mention, the de-clawed ABC), or both. I'm never sure. I don't know if altering the voting system would help; many of the independents and minor parties set to take office in this year's election are worse than the two major parties - which are milquetoast evil vs actual evil. They're a bunch of stooges, religious extremists and anti-vaxers. If anything, I want less of them. |
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I don’t know - I feel positively about a bunch of the independents that I’m aware of - I have a friend working with a group to try and get 4 elected, the thinking is they would hold balance of power and climate would be back on the agenda in a big way (and hopefully a bunch of other things).
Also, the nutters are out there. We import shitty ideas from the US and everyone is comfortable enough in their bubble they don’t have to be confronted with reality. Having minor parties with shitty ideals, and the horse trading on preferences or even if they end up in parliament, is actually beneficial. Infinitely better than having the crazies infiltrate your party and take it over, like in the US. It’s a pressure release valve whichever way tou look at it - lip service must be paid to the shitty ideas because they represent the (outrageous) views of some proportion of the electorate