resipsaloquiturMar 23

Bot swarms celebrate as South Australia confirms it's 20% racist

https://lemmy.world/post/44646482

Bot swarms celebrate as South Australia confirms it's 20% racist - Lemmy.World

cross-posted from: https://quokk.au/c/australia/p/776749/bot-swarms-celebrate-as-south-australia-confirms-it-s-20-racist [https://quokk.au/c/australia/p/776749/bot-swarms-celebrate-as-south-australia-confirms-it-s-20-racist] > Pauline Hanson’s One Nation (PHON) has reaped just over 20 per cent of the vote in Saturday’s South Australian State Election, proving racism is alive and well in the State.

Show threadGeobloke
Why is the right wing celebrating this election, even with one nation scoring a PB, it comes at the expense of the left wing parties consolidating more power
Mar 24 at 5:31amWeb
Show threadTrippaSnippaMar 24

One Nation is being heavily astroturfed by the media and Gina the Hutt’s bots on social media, so those in right wing echo chambers only hear about how much of a big win for them it was, not the fact that Labor has become the de facto default governing party.

That said, Labor can’t afford to ignore the way the political winds are blowing. They lost a lot more votes than expected in their heartland seats, so a less popular government might be at greater risk.