26-08-2024, 11:47 AM
(26-08-2024, 11:38 AM)harm_less Wrote:(26-08-2024, 11:28 AM)Lilith7 Wrote: That's what worries me most - that this govt's policies of bash.slash & burn may leave us with little or nothing to work with in repairing the mess.Parties "coming out with" any promises is a huge problem in itself. The voters' faith in politicians has been so damaged in recent years any policy promises are viewed with extreme skepticism. They can only shit in their own nest so many times before it is regarded as uninhabitable for all time.
I wonder, if a party came out & said they'll remove Neo Liberalism & set up as fair a system as possible rather than the present 'those with wealth get, those without have to do without' which successive govts of both left & right have imposed here, would there be a massive voter turnout,voting in their favour...?
There had better be change for the better soon, else I fear for my grandkids,great grandkids & everyone else's too.
Maybe the situation needs a new political party.
One which doesn't ignore climate change & the well being of all of the population & which has the courage to take a long term view would make a refreshing change.
But even so, it could be extremely difficult to gain votes thanks to the last 40 odd years.
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)