• JackGreenEarth
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    131 year ago

    If enough people want it, they can overpower the relatively few rich. But most of the people have bought I to the lies of the rich; social media is probably a convenient tool for the rich and powerful to control the opinions of others.

    • @batmangrundies
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      31 year ago

      It’s changing. At least here in Australia, it feels like there has been a shift.

        • @batmangrundies
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          61 year ago

          The election we had? Conservative seats flipping to Greens. Good ol’ boy Nats voters acknowledging that young people are indeed fucked and something needs to change.

          I live in the birthplace of Australian union organising. So attitudes here may not reflect the country at large.

          But the last election was a pretty big step in the right direction. Even if it wasnt as big a shift as I would have liked. It was the renter voting block that delivered the W.