John Daysh,
Your point hasn't got a point.

https://youtu.be/4iepV0pLtjs?si=VZnMv3QCxiacDZVZ
John Daysh,
Read the comments in the above link. These people comprehend what you pretend you don't !

And, yes it has to do with Old Age pension in the long run !

Indyvidual,

I watched the video and read many of the comments for it, as you suggested. What I found was a lot of cultural anxiety - about immigration, multiculturalism, and identity politics.

What I didn’t find was any mention of specific policies that will steer us towards a Venezuelan-style socialism - let alone in the space of one or two political terms.

Basically, your evidence is a mood.

If you’re going to claim the government is leading us into socialist collapse, you’ll need something stronger than Tony Abbott's vibe.

Just so you know, comment threads like the one you linked to aren't new to me. I see them everyday. In fact, I follow The Australian, Sky News, The Daily Mail and news.com.au on Facebook purely FOR the comments.

They make for entertaining reading - and it's always fun to poke the hornets' nest from time to time by lobbing an inconvenient fact into the echo chamber, then watching them all lose their minds.

Good times…

Basically, your evidence is a mood.
John Daysh,
Tell that to people living in cars & low wage workers & people who forfeit food to pay vehicle registration ! Tell that to people losing homes due to immoral rates from Banks & local Councils.
Things are not as rosey for many as they are for incompetent & corrupt bureaudroids !

Indyvidual,

Struggling Australians deserve proper analysis of the problems they face - not slogans and vibes.

Yes, people are doing it tough. But the claim of yours that I took issue with wasn't just that hardship exists - it was that Australia is on a fast-track to Venezuelan-style socialism under Labor.

I asked for policy-based evidence of that. You’ve offered real pain, but still no link to any actual economic program, law, or structural shift that supports your claim.

You’re waving at suffering, hoping we won’t notice you’ve skipped the reasoning part.

You’re waving at suffering, hoping we won’t notice you’ve skipped the reasoning part.
John Daysh,
No, you're desperately trying to deflect from the atrocious managing by this Labor-heavy federal Government administration even when under Conservative Government.
Policies are not followed that is the problem ! We can all claim how decent & good & kind we are yet what we're actually doing is something else. Just like Government policies.
Did Albo's administration follow through with the $275 power savings ? Is Law & Order operating according to policies ? Is immigration run according to official policy guidelines ? Is education implemented according to policies ? No, none of the policies are followed & that';s what makes them so flawed & if Australians keep being so apathetic they'll go the way of Venezuela or heaven forbid as bad as England !
Woke, wake up !