## Hate To Say It, But It’s All On Us Folks
Let me be quite frank about this. While the article identifies the causes of the general anger and frustration with our politicians seemingly doing nothing to help, it does not talk about the underlying economic reasons for our current malaise.
What must be realised is that govt (politicans of all persuasions but more direclty the incumbants) have 3 factions in their ears 24/7.
- The first is the businesses and corporations represented by lobbyists (both official and unofficial).
- The second is the *Bureaucracy* or the various govt deparments — but the more insistants are the PMO, Treasury and Foreign Affairs.
- The third is the *Electorate*, not so much the average punter as it is their votes.
The loudest of these is the first - thay have money to splash, the right connections, power to exert, and are soley focused on increasing profits for the #Rentiers and #Owners.
Next comes the advice that comes from govt deparments which is presumed to be unvarnished and without bias — which is a myth of course, but they sound very trustworthy and knowledgeable to our politicians (who are generally out of their depth).
And we folks, the voters, are only in the govt’s ear through their *political advisers* (with skin in the game) and only once every elections but only as far as our vote and preferences go. Politicians will do their utmost to get those from you, until they’ve got it. So we only matter for about one month every three years (save for the occasional by-election).
After that, we’re all yelling into the void folks because the first and second most important groups as far as polies are concerned are tragic #EconomicRetionalists wedded to the #NeoLiberalEconomics *trickel down effect* that has gotten us into this mess.
Until our economic systems change, or if that seems an impossible task, until our govt start to push back against the economic advice they receive and put the punters first no matter what (that is, what we elect them to do after all), not only can we look forward to **more of the same** no matter who governs, but it will also only **get worse**. So get ready for *more anger*, *more frustration*, and inevitably *more violence* until our voting selections become different. It’s on us in #2028Elections ( just as #Trump is on voting USAens).
Good luck, and good night folks.
https://thepoint.com.au/new/261021-cost-of-living-pressures-declining-trust-driving-public-anger