quackademicWhat is the purpose of all the racist theatre cultivated by right wing politicians?
It’s not a strategy to recover votes.
ITS PURPOSE IS TO DISTRACT FROM THE NEED TO REDISTRIBUTE WEALTH. Alex Fein nails it, 45 min in.
As it was with #scott, as it is with #donald, as has always been with #angus & #barnaby, the circus is the end in itself 🤡🎡🎪. Every time we give these hucksters attention as ‘news’ we validate the strategy & support the interests of the fossil fuel industries that own them.
And still our media are all about ‘Donald said’, ‘Angus said’ 🥱. The political model is #clickbait. They use it bc for a while, it works.
Surely we’re smarter than this.
On the messy death of neoliberalism, nostalgia for a time when wealth was less polarised, & political agency to be gained by cultivating a culture of joy. Unusually hopeful episode today from the #SundayShot.
#AusPol #analysis #plunder #exploitation #inequality #colonialism #ClimateCatastrophe #genocide #distraction #StateCapture #FollowTheMoney #PublicInterest #CommonGood #joy
Jane Doe 🐸✊🏽❤️
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