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  • The idiocy of Trump isn’t just good for Canada

    Australia is having their federal election in a few days

    The shitbag leader of the conservative party (ironically named the Liberals) who until fairly recently had a horrifyingly good chance to win the election (because there are lot of stupid, bigoted people in Australia still) aligned himself with Trump

    It cost him hugely. Sure, he shored up his base, but they were always going to vote for bigots anyway, and with the Australian voting system, their votes would have filtered their way to him.

    What he did was to make people realise that there was a chance that the US bullshit that has already done so much harm here would get worse

    Peter Dutton has gone from being called “Spud”, or “Herr Kipfler” and other such names to “Temu Trump”, and it’s glorious
















  • America is tribal

    I’ve spent a bit of time there, in several different places

    There’s a strong sense of community in most places, but if you aren’t a part of that community, then it’s going to be tough

    Even in the civilised parts, greed, selfishness and consumption for its own sake are almost fetishised

    The “hustle” is worshipped, whereas everywhere else, it’s seen as madness to celebrate doing more to make some rich cunt even richer, because that’s all that is happening over there