I mean, he passed those two bills (C-2 and C-5 I think?) so he’s a conservative even before slashing anything.

we gotta give him a fair shot.

Why?

Good on Ukraine, but holy shit this is literally dystopian science fiction material.

Of course they’re not the same; Tories are conservatives and Reform are fascists, but that has nothing to do with what I’m talking about. There’s still no hope in “unity” with Labor or any of their ilk; they’re simply not going to allow the things that need to be done to be done. We’ve literally just seen this happen in America, and nothing makes me believe Labor is different enough from the Democrats to produce a different result.

People also need to be realistic about what the electorate overall wants.

The electorate can be made to want new things; they’re simply not thinking about leftwing politics and ideas seriously enough for the status quo to be final, and why would they? The people who should be championing those ideas actively avoid acting on them not to alienate the neoliberals, so of course leftwing politics will have zero credibility with the electorate. You need to promote and make a good faith effort to enact your ideas before you can expect others to believe in them.

I mean it’s not an outright fascist policy, but it is a fascist-enabling policy, so I’d say the characterization tracks. When public services are cut, poor and vulnerable people become even poorer and more vulnerable, so when a fascist blames liberals and minorities for all their problems and promises to fix those problems, they listen. Economic uncertainty is the bedrock on which fascism is built.

I mean, pushing with the neoliberals only puts Britain on the same path as America, and we’ve seen how that worked out.

Not the most farcical thing involving Israel and a Nobel Peace Prize.

Here’s hoping it blows up in your face ;).

Mr Haddad’s lawyers also argued that if the court found the speeches were unlawful, a section of the Racial Discrimination Act must be unconstitutional because it would be prohibiting the free exercise of religion.

As a Muslim can I just comment on how absolutely vile this is? This guy is throwing all Muslims in Australia under the bus to protect himself from the consequences of his own antisemitism. I mean, I know he’s making shit up (or at least being very misleading, I’d need to actually see the lecture to decide), but your average Australian wouldn’t, which will only provide Islamophobes with ammunition.

It smells of disinformation as it presents several differing views and conclusions.

Where’s the contradiction? Ukraine is expanding its defense industry internationally -> their defense industry is strong -> they’re doing well in the war + their military-industrial complex will get more powerful. Seems to be one consistent train of thought. The first paragraph is sarcasm.

They seem to be saying that:

1-The Ukrainian defense industry is going to get big and turn them into a miniature version of America with its military-industrial complex, which is really bad.

2-Ukraine’s position is likely better than media portrays, since they have the capacity to pursue such opportunities while maintaining their war effort.

I certainly haven’t seen these arguments made before, but they don’t seem like disinformation.

Wow, seven articles in the span of two years. The humanity!

That’s… hopeful…

I can’t stand that this piece of shit gets to dictate what most of the world does in their own fucking countries…

Eh, the only new thing to most of the world is how obvious he is about it.

This isn’t the community for discussion-type questions. You have asklemmy and politics communities for that.

I used to call her mama but now I mostly just use her name. My family is weird like that.

As a wise man once said: Never get high on your own supply.

We need a landlord to weigh in on this.

Pretty sure this doesn’t fit the community, but also: ICE won’t shoot you with live ammo when you try to stop them.

Edit: Gaza is a whole different thing, but the IDF in the West Bank is what ICE wants to be.

Decades of state propaganda. It’s a lot easier for a modern Westerner to feel like the system works and just needs a nudge than it is for a worker in the interwar period or a black person in the 60s.