George Christensen, for those who haven't heard of him, is known over here as a "rogue" MP in the ruling conservative coalition. He's a National, which is the "junior coalition partner" party in that coalition. The Nationals are known as the rural, more socially conservative, but economically... Protectionist party. I'm not sure they have an exact equivalent in the US, but put it this way: rural, populist, generally only carry seats in our equivalent of "the south" or the "dust belt". But they're also the closest we get to an actual governing party with some semblance of Trumpism...

As for Christensen, well, over here he is known as "far right" (lololol), but in reality, our politics is so skewed that I would call him more... "Populist libertarian", if anything...

He is almost THE ONLY one in the lower house of parliament challenging this shit. Certainly the only one, apart from the also-marginalised Craig Kelly, from any of the major parties to openly do so...

Now, why is this significant? Because it shows that, even in Parliament, no one is allowed to challenge "the party line". No one is allowed to hold a differing opinion. No one can challenge the orthodoxy.

In fact, Christensen and Kelly have been so marginalised that neither of them will recontest the next election, at the behest of TPTB... So that voice will be gone. Excised from our parliament. No true "opposition". No one to speak up for those of us who oppose this shit, or at least believe it cannot continue forever...

So the next time someone, here or elsewhere, tells you to "Just write to your MP, bro", remember the fact that not only will almost all MPs just ignore you, or call you out as a "crazy conspiracy theorist", EVEN IF your MP DOES listen, and dares to stand up for their constituents in parliament/congress whatever, their and your "social betters" will then see fit to have them, and in turn, you, censured, and then removed from whatever position they might hold, even as an honestly fairly powerless backbencher... And then their useful idiots in the media and on the web will see fit to demonise them forever, and ensure they never hold any sort of power or influence again...

"Representative democracy" my fucking arse... :-/

Edit: Changed TBTB to TPTB, so I don't look like an idiot, as others have pointed out, lol...

George Christensen, for those who haven't heard of him, is known over here as a "rogue" MP in the ruling conservative coalition. He's a National, which is the "junior coalition partner" party in that coalition. The Nationals are known as the rural, more socially conservative, but economically... Protectionist party. I'm not sure they have an exact equivalent in the US, but put it this way: rural, populist, generally only carry seats in our equivalent of "the south" or the "dust belt". But they're also the closest we get to an actual governing party with some semblance of Trumpism...

As for Christensen, well, over here he is known as "far right" (lololol), but in reality, our politics is so skewed that I would call him more... "Populist libertarian", if anything...

He is almost THE ONLY one in the lower house of parliament challenging this shit. Certainly the only one, apart from the also-marginalised Craig Kelly, from any of the major parties to openly do so...

Now, why is this significant? Because it shows that, even in Parliament, no one is allowed to challenge "the party line". No one is allowed to hold a differing opinion. No one can challenge the orthodoxy.

In fact, Christensen and Kelly have been so marginalised that neither of them will recontest the next election, at the behest of TPTB... So that voice will be gone. Excised from our parliament. No true "opposition". No one to speak up for those of us who oppose this shit, or at least believe it cannot continue forever...

So the next time someone, here or elsewhere, tells you to "Just write to your MP, bro", remember the fact that not only will almost all MPs just ignore you, or call you out as a "crazy conspiracy theorist", EVEN IF your MP DOES listen, and dares to stand up for their constituents in parliament/congress whatever, their and your "social betters" will then see fit to have them, and in turn, you, censured, and then removed from whatever position they might hold, even as an honestly fairly powerless backbencher... And then their useful idiots in the media and on the web will see fit to demonise them forever, and ensure they never hold any sort of power or influence again...

"Representative democracy" my fucking arse... :-/

George Christensen, for those who haven't heard of him, is known over here as a "rogue" MP in the ruling conservative coalition. He's a National, which is the "junior coalition partner" party in that coalition. The Nationals are known as the rural, more socially conservative, but economically... Protectionist party. I'm not sure they have an exact equivalent in the US, but put it this way: rural, populist, generally only carry seats in our equivalent of "the south" or the "dust belt". But they're also the closest we get to an actual governing party with some semblance of Trumpism...

As for Christensen, well, over here he is known as "far right" (lololol), but in reality, our politics is so skewed that I would call him more... "Populist libertarian", if anything...

He is almost THE ONLY one in the lower house of parliament challenging this shit. Certainly the only one, apart from the also-marginalised Craig Kelly, from any of the major parties to openly do so...

Now, why is this significant? Because it shows that, even in Parliament, no one is allowed to challenge "the party line". No one is allowed to hold a differing opinion. No one can challenge the orthodoxy.

In fact, Christensen and Kelly have been so marginalised that neither of them will recontest the next election, at the behest of TBTB... So that voice will be gone. Excised from our parliament. No true "opposition". No one to speak up for those of us who oppose this shit, or at least believe it cannot continue forever...

So the next time someone, here or elsewhere, tells you to "Just write to your MP, bro", remember the fact that not only will almost all MPs just ignore you, or call you out as a "crazy conspiracy theorist", EVEN IF your MP DOES listen, and dares to stand up for their constituents in parliament/congress whatever, their and your "social betters" will then see fit to have them, and in turn, you, censured, and then removed from whatever position they might hold, even as an honestly fairly powerless backbencher... And then their useful idiots in the media and on the web will see fit to demonise them forever, and ensure they never hold any sort of power or influence again...

"Representative democracy" my fucking arse... :-/