Tim Dunlop
Fediverse stuff like Mastodon feels a bit like the rise of the Teals. The major parties had built a wall around politics and acted as gatekeepers and everyone thought the only way in was through them. Then ppl figured out that wasn't true and the wall came tumbling down. Mastondon etc is like: you don't need the gatekeepers/wall builders.
Main point: Musk has broken the spell and driven people to risk trying something else, just like Scott Morrison did.
Nov 8, 2022 at 1:58amWeb
Show threadTimNov 8, 2022
@timdunlop fascinating point re Morrison making the Teals possible. If the Libs had keep a pace of two behind the mainstream, instead of walking the opposite direction, they’d may have held on.
Show threadTim DunlopNov 8, 2022
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Morrison was definitely a factor, something I argue in the new book (see profile). He embodied everything ppl hated about, not just politics, but the direction the country was heading, so they were willing to take the plunge into independent land. He was a catalyst.
Show threadVoices of WentworthNov 8, 2022
@timdunlop
Agreed. Decentralised and volunteer-run
Show threadCynanNov 8, 2022

@timdunlop

If I may tldr…

May 2022: teals not heels
Nov 2022: tusky not Musky

And if I may draw a longer bow, maybe too long, this pattern is there on energy as well.

Since forever, households have had to pretty much just take their electricity as it comes over the wires, and wince and pay the bill. But now there a very tangible alternative that feels very different, your own rooftop solar. And Australian HHs have been going for it in vast numbers in the last 5 years.

Once you can step away from the old fixed ways in something as concrete and real as your power bill, maybe folks see the world differently in other ways too.

Show threadBlotreport: YESNov 10, 2022
@timdunlop Spot on! Facebook next?
Show threadSharynLeeMcGNov 10, 2022
@timdunlop “the wall came tumbling down”
Remind me of Paul Weller.