It’s much deeper than that. Labor isn’t anymore the problem than the Democrats are. It’s just mega easy for an oligarch to puppeteer whatever the plebs vote into power. Albo was always a spineless weasel, as was Dutton going to be. Dutton was going to get the country down the drain faster, but we’ll get there with 1 or 2 more labor terms too.

The problem is human nature. We have it só good, we are so immensely Comfortably Numb™, and historically it takes a fair bit of hunger, war and disease before that numbness wear off and for good people to get off their ass and stop doing nothing.

Considering how poor the leadership of Australia has been for nearly 2 decades, it’s remarkable how it’s still has relatively few social problems, compared to other similar countries.