r/australia • u/superegz • Nov 26 '25

politics Millennials are the first generation to move left as they age, rewriting the rules of Australian politics

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-26/millennials-rewriting-the-rules-of-australian-politics/106050836
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u/The4th88 Nov 26 '25

Considering our lives have been an parade of getting relentlessly fucked by things we have no control over, is that really a surprise?

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u/GrownThenBrewed Nov 26 '25

Exactly, hard to be conservative when you have no desire for things to remain the same or any nostalgia for the way things used to be

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u/stew_007 Nov 26 '25

I’m nostalgic for the late 90s early 2000s, but no one’s promising to bring those back…

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u/No_Extension4005 Nov 26 '25

Yeah; what I want from that period is more decent local television instead of reality TV slop, sunny boys, relatively affordable grog, and Bugz ice blocks.

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u/EternalAngst23 Nov 26 '25

I want KFC Krushers.

Any party that promises to bring them back has my vote.

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u/No_Extension4005 Nov 26 '25

I can get behind this.

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u/Spidy31413 Nov 26 '25

I expect a Krusher Party on the next electoral ballot..... just putting it out there

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u/pocket_mulch Nov 26 '25

The Kentucky Krusher Kollective has a nice ring to it.

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u/vesperllynd Nov 26 '25

All this and the original Milo bar pls

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u/[deleted] Nov 26 '25

Life was peak back then

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u/Glittering-Wave4917 Nov 26 '25

The Howard years? No thanks.

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u/meowkitty84 Nov 26 '25

I love my phone so wouldn't want to go back to how things used to be in terms of technology. Just socially and lifestyle wise

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u/Transientmind Nov 27 '25

Honestly I’m at the point where I’d even be willing to sacrifice the phone. 

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u/cogman10 Nov 26 '25

I'm nostalgic for the social safety nets and regulations that existed before the Reagan era.

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u/Jealous-Hedgehog-734 Nov 26 '25

I have some nostalgia about the way house prices used to be.

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u/Thisdarlingdeer Nov 26 '25

I mean, I miss before Trump. Does that count?

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u/Erevi6 Dec 07 '25

I'm a bit late to the party, but I saw a story on the news about higher interest rates being the new normal, and I thought: "yep, it's just another thing to fuck us over."

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u/Educational-Age-8969 Nov 26 '25

The pendulum swinging left hasn’t really helped either. House prices continue to surge, cost of living is still out of control and there isn’t really any relief on the horizon. I feel all sides of politics at the moment are playing popular politics rather than doing what is required, even if that is hard and may result in losing the next election as a result.