"What we've got now in the United States," said black leader Jesse Jackson, "is one party, two names... Republicans and Republicans Lite." In Britain, too, it is no longer possible to justify a vote every five years on the basis of lesser-of-two-evilism. Like the United States, Britain has become a single ideology state with two principal, almost identical factions, so that the result of any election has a minimal effect on the economy and social policy. People have no choice but to vote for political choreographers, not politicians. Gossip about them and their pretty intrigues, and an occasional scandal, are regarded as political news.
Hidden Agendas - John Pilger
Its only after the election that the public slowly realizes the insidious campaign that was conducted, brainwashing them into believing one candidate was really better than the other. In the end, it didn't matter who won. We still have a Prime Minister who wants to dump all refugees in another country, taking the saying "out of sight, out of mind" to a whole different level. We still have a Prime Minister who keeps bashing us with the "fact" that Australia pulled through the global recession better than any other country on earth (then why can't they afford to give benefits to young people studying Masters degrees?).
"I want to take Australia forward," Julia Gillard says, "Mr Abbott wants to take it back." The truth is, you both want to take us to the tip.
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