It is Dutton and the Liberal party’s fault that they’re going to lose this election.
Not right-wing voters.
And not minor party voters.
Liberals will lose first preference votes because they can’t commit to policies that will actually Make Australia Great Again.
Regardless of whether they said that phrase once. (and then backtracked on it anyway)
Before this election started Dutton was signaling that he was going to run a full blown MAGA campaign.
This was completely backtracked as well in favor of appealing to cushy inner-city and on the fence voters.
They preferred to try and target the middle range instead of taking the bold risk of going full steam ahead and advocating for a radical reworking of the system.
A bold risk that actually would have paid off. Trump did it and he won, Farage did it and he destroyed the Torries. Marine le Pen did it and the only way to stop her was to arrest her. AFD did it and now they are a serious contender in Germany.
But the Liberals are already the second biggest party. Why wouldn’t they do it too?
It’s unknown whether this was all Peter Dutton’s fault, or if it was people behind the scenes in the Liberal party that were trying to play it safe.
But playing it safe means that they won’t rock the boat.
Meaning they will appear similar to Labor. Massive mistake.
On top of this blunder Dutton then publicly acknowledged that people were calling them “Labor lite”
It makes me and many other people believe that the liberals really, legitimately, are actually controlled opposition.
That this country is officially ruled by a single party, a uni-party. A one-party state.
And this one-party state being a socialist state, not only in action, but also because the Labor party is actually a socialist party and has always been.
It seems that the state is simply a parasitical force that sucks the wealth out of the people in favor of the bureaucracy and foreign interests.
And Peter Dutton and the liberals are doing nothing to reduce that image or the practicality of that.
It’s almost like as if they’re actively trying to show us that this is the case.
A dark time for Australia.
But there is always hope. And by encouraging people to get out there, get active, and to take part in the political system, we can attempt to fix this mess.
I’m going to continue to advocate for that, many hundreds if not thousands of votes will be directed away from the majors because of what I have been doing along with the tireless help of others.
Hopefully we’ll see at least some good change in seats this election.
Otherwise accelerationism will be the name of the game. Something people hate to think about.
The best we can do is try, and whatever we do, the outcome will definitely be better than if we did nothing at all.
Alex James.