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Who do you think should run the country, and why?

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Seriously though Toni, you missed my point and bought into my argument literally.
All I was trying to do was to contrast the idea of a dictator against what the system we have now gives us.
A dictator might not be a very fair and just leader, but he / she probably wouldn't let any of the things I first mentioned happen.

What you haven't figured out about me is that I almost always find a different point of view, its because I'm always looking at ALL the pro's and con's of every argument.

As for my other silly comments, this is just the mood I'm in and I feel like showing another side to PC and equality.

You're lucky I identify as a dictator today, otherwise your micro aggressions may have triggered me and I would've needed to go and spend the day in my safe space..

I would respond to the things you said, but I just can't be bothered arguing.
Posted by Armchair Critic, Wednesday, 25 May 2016 12:05:04 PM
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No takers... Awww
Looks like I scared you all off with such important topics as PC and equality.
- And I thought you people were free thinkers and liberal.

You people really don't think outside the box.
I mean what's the result of failed democracy?

Failed democracy (or the system destroyed by unrestrained welfare) will result in the country ruled by banking class dictators anyway.

You don't ever need to worry about me running the country because I'm just an armchair critic but that doesn't necessarily mean we wont end up with a whole lot worse dictator that I'd have been.

The way I see it we've built a system which isn't economically sustainable.
We have capitalist healthcare with a socialist base and we have capitalist education with a socialist base, but for my way of thinking the system isn't sustainable if we don't have capitalist jobs with a socialist jobs base.

BTW, I didn't create the system, I'm just looking at the recipe and saying, 'No, this isn't going to work long term'.

You can argue over political parties but it makes no difference anyway.
Theres is no democracy, if they make the rules for us we should make the rules for them.
How exactly can I vote for that?
How is it democracy if they make their own rules?
Posted by Armchair Critic, Thursday, 26 May 2016 7:33:10 PM
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Your new dictators name might be 'Austerity'.
Posted by Armchair Critic, Thursday, 26 May 2016 7:40:29 PM
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'Austerity', too right arm chair, however, given so many are now welfare dependant, I doubt we will ever see that happen, not unless we do actually hit rock bottom.

Welfare for families is like buying a new car and expecting others to make the payments, and it will be our ultimate downfall.

How anyone can think we can sustain our own hanger-onners and bring in 20,000 plus annually defies logic.

For the first time in my voting life I will not be voting for a major party.

My tip is watch Tony Abbott because I think he will win his seat hands down simply because he appears to be the only one thus far who has shown some balls.

That will get the whingers going arm chair.
Posted by rehctub, Saturday, 28 May 2016 6:35:59 AM
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//My tip is watch Tony Abbott because I think he will win his seat hands down//

And I predict that the sun will rise tomorrow, that ice will melt if placed on a hot barbecue plate, and the next new reality TV show will be just as shite as all the ones that have come before it.

Of course Tony Abbott will win his seat. He is the member for Warringah, an electorate which is historically so safe for the Liberal Party that they could run a shaved ape as their candidate and still retain the seat. Unless the electoral redistribution has radically altered the boundaries and demographics of the electorate, which is very unlikely, Abbott is a shoo-in - but so would be anybody else the Libs ran in his place. Even if, like Goebbels, they have no balls at all.
Posted by Toni Lavis, Saturday, 28 May 2016 9:07:02 AM
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Saying i am not voting for a major party, is your business and no one else's.

With so much welfare, that could be cut to the bone by raising the wages of welfare recipients. You can not have it both ways. Our society has been built on a standard and it costs to maintain that minimum standard. Drop the floor out of that you will have working beggars on the streets, and no one to bye your coffee.

People need money to buy everything in this buy everything economy. The rabbits have been diseased, kangaroos are protected, not allowed to trespass, buildings are highly regulated and no living on crown land. fishing license to catch vermin fish but not allowed to keep.
Red tape is why we need welfare, but its a matter of what sort of a society we want to live in.

The only solution is raising the minimum wages three fold, so some welfare moneys can be saved.
Posted by 579, Saturday, 28 May 2016 9:35:27 AM
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