Happy cake day!
fr why are you becoming a politician in Aus if you just hate democracy and transparency
People who care about those things don’t get the support of mass media major shareholders, huge financial backers, and other corporate interests that have the power to more easily sway elections.
The bottom line is our electoral system is dominated by people who don’t benefit from democracy or transparency. Bad politicians aren’t an outlier or corruption, but the system working as it’s been built to.
Fleur_@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Yeah it’s total bullshit. One of the good things about social media I feel is people getting more of their information from non corporate sources but then again, social media for the most part is very corporate.
eureka@aussie.zone 1 day ago
Yeah, astroturf (both political and commercial marketing) is common but at least it’s a lower barrier of entry to get heard, more grassroots can spring up.