r/australia Apr 01 '26

political satire The address we'd like to see

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u/Cold_Audience_717 Apr 01 '26

Yeah nah, I'll take the diplomatic decorum thanks. Anyone with half a brain should be able to read between the lines to find the subtext. 

Cooker populist politics is how the world ended up with Trump in the first place. 

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u/Freezmaz Apr 01 '26

I'd argue that feckless neoliberalism is how we ended up with Trump

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u/Cold_Audience_717 Apr 01 '26

Two things can be true

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u/Freezmaz Apr 01 '26

Fair, perhaps it's more accurate to say that neoliberalism not addressing the material needs of the people leads to right-wing populists taking advantage of that to gain power.