Re: Brexit Nailed by the Aussies.
Originally Posted by
Bruce
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No, I am not suggesting she is wrong just giving you some perspective on who she represents however the opinion she expresses is pretty much shared by most commentators here from both the left and right.
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From a newspaper
There’s one question Australia can answer – deep in the innards of this global political upheaval – and a lot hinges on getting that answer right.
As pretty much everyone has observed by now,*Donald Trump, the UK’s pro-Brexit campaign and Australia’s own Pauline Hanson are all backed by broadly similar folk, voters who feel like human collateral damage in the “new” global economy and who are searching for both hope and scapegoats.
Their support allowed Trump to trample facts and decency to win the presidency of the United States and Brexiters to lure Britons to an act of extraordinary self-harm. In Australia the effect was significant but less spectacular – four One Nation seats and a smattering of other independents in the upper house.
There are many, many questions posed by all of this; about how to respond when facts no longer sway arguments; how to properly understand this roiling wave of grievance. But one of them is why the Australian backlash – so far at least – is more muted.
One difference in Australia is that, relatively speaking, we still have a system that leaves fewer people behind.