eureka

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Wilful act of bastardry’: Henry condemns tax system for crushing young Australians⁩ ⁨⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Yep.

  You should vote, but your vote is statistically near-worthless. You have political power far beyond your vote, especially for people working useful jobs. Unions and their members have the ability to pressure governments into doing the right thing by us rather than the bosses. Weak unions mean weak rights.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Albanese in trouble as polling shows Dutton most likely to be next PM⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I duno what can be done tbh, I really don’t

  Informing voters, for starters. Break free of the two-party false dichotomy if you realise the ALP are a lost cause, don’t believe you are forced to defend them in order to critique the coalition.

  I know this is far easier said than done, but there are so many ways to do this which an individual (or better, group of friends/co-workers) like you and me can even casually do this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Albanese in trouble as polling shows Dutton most likely to be next PM⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Allegedly over 30% of people are voting for these shit stains.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dutton to launch assault on Labor’s red wall. Can it win him the next election?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  can we cut this rhetoric, please? “both sides as baddd!!!”

  Personally, I’d like us to stop false dichotomy rhetoric too. This isn’t a two-party system, less so every election.

  As for the two biggest, I agree, they’re not equivalent, I prefer one over the other (both theoretically and on the ballot), but both have stabbed workers in the back consistently. Both are inadequate.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Two NSW Health nurses have been stood down after video emerged showing them allegedly bragging about killing and refusing to treat Israeli patients.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  “Hating Jews” is a broad and unhelpful way to frame this.

  The article quotes them specifically and repeatedly saying “Israeli”, never “Jew”, so we can assume they’re not discriminating against Jews in general but against Israeli Jews. And that is important to qualify, because in the context of Zionism and the Zionist Regime, there is an important and over-century-long distinction between Zionist Jews and anti-Zionist Jews. It’s harmful and antisemitic to assume all Jews are involved in or supportive of the Zionist Regime and its actions, so that’s why it’s important to clarify that anti-Israel sentiment (anti-Zionism) is different to merely “hating Jews” (antisemitism).

  They would call an Israeli Muslim a dog?

  In most cases I’d assume not, because most of them are simply Palestinians remaining where they already lived prior to the occupation, rather than colonising supporters of the Zionist Regime who identify as “Israeli”, but if they were one of the minority of Muslims or Arabs who declare themselves pro-Zionist then I reckon they would be called a dog no matter what their ethnicity or religion. On the same note, an actively anti-Zionist Jew living in the Zionist State wouldn’t be called a dog. It’s not about a person’s religion, it’s about their Zionism, which for historical reasons has strong religion and ethnic bias in the Zionist ethnostate.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Coles to dramatically reduce number of products to simplify shopper experience⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  FWIW, I’m not deadset against this as a concept (because honestly, who needs fucking 50 different kinds of toothpaste or toilet paper), but there’s no way in hell this is about customers. This is about exerting power over suppliers.

  Came here to say the same. On one hand, the mass overproduction and waste is atrocious (an atrocity) and the false perception of choice and the choice paralysis is just a waste of our time on top of that, so if I still shopped there it would have been refreshing to see. On the other hand, let’s not pretend Coles cares.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Australian hospital manager calls junior doctors ‘a workforce of clinical marshmellows’ in email stuff-up⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Gotta love that cute lil image the juniors prompted.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨From Doge to Smoge, Peter Dutton’s Coalition is an eerie echo of Trump (and Musk’s) America⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Good to hear!

  (That said, always remember to check of independents before voting. A few of them are recent Coalition/Labor party members who left over a certain issue, some are just as bad. Luckily I’ve seen more good than bad ones)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨From Doge to Smoge, Peter Dutton’s Coalition is an eerie echo of Trump (and Musk’s) America⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Telling lefties to write “FREE GAZA” on their ballots instead of voting would have a much higher barrier to uptake than telling them not to vote

  I would be interested to know if there are groups more vulnerable to this, and how to reach them. I naïvely hope that people who care about the ongoing genocide or even just progressivism in general would have learned that there are pro-Palestine parties and independents on most ballots.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨From Doge to Smoge, Peter Dutton’s Coalition is an eerie echo of Trump (and Musk’s) America⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  For what it’s worth, dont fall into any resignation that we mirror the US. Yes, we do in far too many ways, but take Clive Palmer as a simple counter example. Dutton doesnt have the (for lack of the correct world) presense and charisma of Trump either.

  Furthermore, parties outside of the Coalition and Labor are on a sharp rise. We don’t have the US FPTP system where the only viable choices of president are (frankly) another two bad candidates, evidenced by the lower US voter turnout for both parties. Here, the crossbench is a real option, growing year on year.

  My point being, our material and legal circumstances are different. Education can actually make enough of a difference to at least move forward, even if it’s another shit Labor reign.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TikTok goes dark in the US as Trump says he's likely to give ban 'reprieve'⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Disappointing to hear it’s filled with “influencers”. I wonder how popular a platform can become without allowing the petty grifting and attention seeking tricks of social media.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Israel and Hamas reach Gaza ceasefire deal to end 15-month war⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s an interesting point. Trump has campaigned on a peace platform and I’m seeing evidence of that even here among some niche Aussies, claiming Tromp’ll stop the wars in 30 days.

  But the truth is, even if Trump sincerely believed it, they’re also ultimately a Zionist who supports the Zionist Regime’s position in the Middle East and really has no interest in the Palestinian’s wellbeing, let alone enough interest to compel the CIA into ‘protecting national securuty’. Their platform contradicts their own values and their party position. The (probably few but real) pro-Palestine Muslim Trump backers who believed it will soon be disappointed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Israel and Hamas reach Gaza ceasefire deal to end 15-month war⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My money is on the Zionist Regime breaking it in days, if not hours like the last one.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PM refuses to bite as Dutton seeks fight on Australia Day events⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  dutton, mate, i couldn’t give a fuck what event the council runs. i’ll be marching through the city and then relaxing with my mates regardless. take your vapid culture war and piss off.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pacific Palisades fire: Mass evacuations, mansions ablaze as wildfire rages in Los Angeles⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Especially considering we have a history of our firefighters helping California in their summer and vice versa. If they’re having fires at the same time as us, it seems we won’t be able to help each other as much.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Would Kryal Castle be the best place to hold out a zombie apocalypse from?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  is there anywhere better?

  I suppose small islands off the mainland are cheating, we would have to embrace Curse of the Black Pearl rules to keep it challenging.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[2024-12-24] After hosting a (failed) neo-Nazi recruitment event, head office gets their door bashed in by Santa and office sprayed with liquid⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Also, for those who didn’t hear the news from two weeks ago, here a news update from their previous event:

  After allegedly performing the Nazi salute, Mr Richardson asked the crowd if he was “going be fined now”. [1]

  “Australian actor Damien Richardson has been charged with performing a Nazi salute at an event in Melbourne.”[2]

  Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Labor looks likely to win 2025 Election⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  IIRC July was also at the start of the CFMEU allegations, before the corrupt government administration came into effect.

  The CFMEU had around 125,000 members as of a year ago, and obviously we can’t assume they’ll all follow their leaders’ advice and swing lefter-than-Labor but having seen the huge presence of other union members marching along side them and having seen the former Labor supporters in my union express their shock and betrayal, there’s a real chance of that big chuck of the labour movement abandoning Labor.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Labor looks likely to win 2025 Election⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  No one else has even the slightest chance of gaining any influence in Australian politics.

  Our ranked choice system and the existence of a crossbench means that independents and minor parties actually do have some collective influence, and furthermore, that’s how we help shift the playing field for next time - look at how insignificant Greens were 20 years ago. If we want to fuck over the big three, we have to vote for someone better.

  donkey vote

  Don’t do a donkey vote, just do an invalid or empty ballot. Preferably just put a huge line through the form. Makes it easy for election workers to know which pile to sort it in. A donkey vote is counted as a valid vote.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, thank you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty to murdering health insurance CEO⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  but we definitely still require Ethics as a gen-ed at a lot of schools. In fact, I teach it.

  Are you talking about US high schools? This is an Australian community so it would be nice to have some context (or if possible, comparison) so we can better understand your perspective. My high school never touched philosophy or ethics in a formal manner, beyond a couple of mentions of academic concepts like plagiarism.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty to murdering health insurance CEO⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  You can break the law and not do anything wrong.

  In fact, there are laws which most people would agree are wrong not to break. Legality and morality/ethics are not the same, not defined by the same peoples and if anything are growing more and more separate. You and I don’t play any real part in designing the laws, they are not some liberal-democratic ‘will of the people’ as I’ve seen lots of people elsewhere saying. They are the dictatorship of the politicians, and more so, of the mega-wealthy class that own them.

  This is what happens when universities stop offering ethics in their courses

  If you want professionals to not give a shit about ethics, call one of the courses “Ethics in [career]”. It has to be ingrained throughout education (let alone society). Universities are not the cause.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  WARNING: This post (and your other recent post) break rule 1 of our community:

  1. We are not a generic World News clone. News must be relevant to Australians and our region. Obvious disregard will earn an warning and then a ban if continued.

  Please read our rules and learn about our community before posting.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[META] New moderator, and changes to the comm⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I am an operative from New Holland here to besmirch our eternal enemy D e n m a r k.

  I was thinking the same thing too, so I’ll see how this modified version goes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[META] New moderator, and changes to the comm⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Good thinking. The relevance rule is currently up to my interpretation, which isn’t ideal.

  Those are useful suggestions for ways to make it clearer what is relevant. I think relevance is too complex to put into any hard rules without there being exceptions (e.g. Australian outlets also report on global news such as SBS on Californian earthquakes at least three times[1][2][3], USA is one of our major trading partners, some people may believe the Pacific or all of Asia is our region) and so I suspect the best approach is to use those factors as soft guidelines (e.g. “If your article is not from an Australian or Oceanian news outlet, and the article doesn’t mention Australia in it, it’s probably not relevant to this community.”)

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[META] Participation by non-Australians? Should we change this comm's display name?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Moderator of the World, mmm I like the sounda that!

  Definitely a future problem – there’s no rush and we’d want to find a good one before trying a db change. Federation could be an issue so can’t hurt to ask devs before tinkering. Honestly, I think just a title change should be enough .

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Genocide starts with weapon parts⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I want to mention that this is not the only case of critical F-35 components being produced here. The fuselage is produced by Quickstep near Blacktown, NSW. Our country is not just a part of the war machine, but an essential part.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Genocide starts with weapon parts⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s bizarre. “Supply chain issues? Never heard of 'em!”. Even just natural disasters could take down critical parts of the supply lines, let alone community or worker actions against the factories. Australian whalfies have already shown during this conflict they’re willing to take anti-war actions, so disruptions are a real threat.