#moreofthesame — Public Fediverse posts

A good article from Zoe. Nothing new really, #AusPol two party duopoly is, if anything, stronger than it was when #Labor came back in government. Still, a good article and a reminder that the duopoly needs to be broken up one way or another if we are ever to have a shot at fixing so many broken things… make your vote count for something other than #MoreOfTheSame .

“If you need any more evidence that the two-party system is cooked, look no further than the not so grand coalition that came together to preference power over people in the federal parliament last week.

These days the Liberal and National parties have taken to condemning modern Labor as “socialist” and some of its policy “communist”.

Meanwhile, the prime minister has labelled the three parties of the right the “Noalition” as the Liberals and Nationals increasingly align with Pauline Hanson’s One Nation.

They hate each other. Yet apparently, needs must”

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/23/the-major-parties-had-several-chances-to-meet-the-moment-instead-they-chose-to-safeguard-their-collective-mediocrity

@jaykass I saw #2. It was #moreofthesame

[edited to correct Eddy’s surname]

Eddy Jokovich just about captures the reasons that I parted ways from #NSWLabor and highlights some of the things that need to change before I reconsider my decision, if at all.

“The conference also exposed Labor’s increasingly difficult balancing act, where many delegates demanded stronger action on gambling reform, improvements in civil liberties, and housing reforms, while the leaders continued to highlight caution, discipline and incremental change. Truly inspirational stuff. Government has become an exercise in managing vested interests without disturbing the traditional centres of economic and political power, and conferences like this show that there’s unlikely to be any change in this position.”

Read more:
https://www.newpolitics.com.au/p/labors-conference-shows-a-party-that

#AusPol #NSWLabor #NSWLaborConference #Labor #MoreOfTheSame is not progressive!
#VestedInterests #StateCapture #GriftAndCorrruption

“….the realisation that today is the Monday which on Friday night was a comfortably long way off.”
Terry Pratchett; Moving Pictures
#Discworld #Monday #MoreOfTheSame

@JugglingWithEggs

The question for me is how any of them who have been justifying the #WelfareReform sleep at night.

#Change ? More like #MoreOfTheSame

Bloody #NeoLiberals

(Hope you guys aren't cooked alive. It's too darn hot up here already.)

@rchusid #Puppet #President #WarProfiteer supports #colonialism #Capitalism in #MoreOfTheSame #Propaganda we need a democratic press and to organise locally. #Support protest #BDS Boycott Disinvest Sanction

The thing I never liked about LLM AIs and autocomplete before them is they are anathema to creativity. They can't play. They can only regurgitate. Think of good writers, comedians and so on. They use the same words we all do, but twist their order and change meanings so the phrases become unusual and delight us. You won't have Oscar Wildean quips generated by chips #ai #creativity #moreOfTheSame

Coming Soon: 365, 52 or 12 units* of largely #MoreOfTheSame**.

(* You choose.)

(** Try convincing me otherwise if y' like.)