Comment on Daily discussion thread: đ Sunday, April 28, 2024
Seagoon_@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨months⊠agoItâs strange. The way we handle serious issues has really changed the past twenty years. Loss of tolerance, loss of compromise, loss of action.
No discussing an issue. No compromises. No solutions asked for or sought. No running for elections or interacting with politics in a real sense. Telling people what to say and think, or else.
ajsadauskas@aus.social â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
@Seagoon_ @RustyRaven @melbourne Here's something from the early '90s that shows just how much things have changed over the past 30-odd years.
Here's a clip of the prime minister at the time, Paul Keating, debating tax policies with the opposition leader, John Hewson.
As in, going right into details. Hewson wanted to bring in a GST, Keating opposed it.
And they debated on national TV.
On A Current Affair.
As in, the TV show with all the dodgy tradies used to cover important national issues, like how the tax system should work.
https://youtu.be/KtkixGuCwaY?si=ymA-JUZ8PifDOaFG
RustyRaven@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
That was the year I became old enough to vote. I grew up with that sort of debate as normal, if you read the newspapers you would have the same sorts of things. Now itâs all name calling, slogans and picking a side like itâs a game of football. We used to at least pretend that social issues and making the world a better place mattered, now it seems to be just about winning no matter what.