Tim DunlopNov 8, 2022
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.
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@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.
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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.