Leftwing politico’s need to return to their core business of educating and mobilising the working/middle classes against capitalist tyranny.

Rampant individualism, consumerism and petty bourgeois point scoring has reduced western Left politics to a impotent force confined to sub-reddits and subcultures.

Anything that does not build solidarity and allies with everyday people is a distraction better left for conversation after the real work has been done.

The Centrists are not going to save us. Many are content to remain activists whilst Centrists provide stable government and we can continue yelling from the side lines about fringe issues, virtues intact.

Sometimes you need to get some skin in the game and be friendly with people who don’t share your views. Talk to your neighbour, the eshay with the mullet, enter the main stream. Because the tributary we are on is going up shit creek.

I just did a 12 hour shift to keep food in the fridge.

Good night.

PS. of course many things are not mutually exclusive but you need to get the bloody priorities correct.

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Do you hate companies that manipulate prices during a cost of living crisis in order to make even more money?

Do you hate the way shareholders come before staff, customers and suppliers EVERY TIME?

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Does all of this seem worth it just so you can buy everything in one location?

Should a CEO earn 200x what the lowest payed employee at the company makes in the first place?

Aus Independents now has 2600 locations across Australia, so there is bound to be an independent retailer near you. We can stop the corporate nonsense - just stop giving them your money. It's the one thing they actually care about.

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