Trumpism, whether full-strength or in the watered-down form seen in Australia, is not an answer to the failure of neoliberalism. But until centre-left parties can escape the mental prison built by decades of soft neoliberalism, it is what we are likely to get.

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    2 days ago

    The ‘centre-left’ party you’re talking about brought Neoliberaism to Australia in the first place…

    Bob Hawke was a full on cunt, a complete dickhead.

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      12 hours ago

      Spoiler: The fact that the ALP is Neoliberal is kind of the point of the article.

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      It was a well meaning but failed ideological experiment that was never revised because it was locked in by the voters when benefited from it. Short term gains, short term thinking.

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    2 days ago

    “Peter Dutton is promising to introduce divestiture powers to our competition laws to break up the monopolies and near-monopolies that dominate the Australian economy.”

    Right. The fact this dick head felt it was meaningful to shit out this mental turd without further examination tells you all you need to know about his integrity.