With an election looming in Australia, we have two dominant parties running at about 50/50. One is drawing on Trump tactics and policy; the other is equally subservient to the fossil fuel and gambling lobbies, but is jogging rather than sprinting in their service. So whatever the outcome, this post is sure to be something I keep coming back to in the years ahead. It reminds us to fight the power that undermines our democracies, rather than the people giving in to (and probably deceived by) that power. Thank-you, as ever, Gabriel, for your thoughtful and compassionate writings.
With an election looming in Australia, we have two dominant parties running at about 50/50. One is drawing on Trump tactics and policy; the other is equally subservient to the fossil fuel and gambling lobbies, but is jogging rather than sprinting in their service. So whatever the outcome, this post is sure to be something I keep coming back to in the years ahead. It reminds us to fight the power that undermines our democracies, rather than the people giving in to (and probably deceived by) that power. Thank-you, as ever, Gabriel, for your thoughtful and compassionate writings.
Insightful and eloquent. Thank you for sharing this!
This may be the best and most constructive piece I've read all year. Thank you.
😭😭😭 thank you for reading!!!
Thank you very much for this essay, and especially for the information about successful resistance movements.
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Thank you!!!!!!