You mean we only THOUGHT they were working for us, the people, and that they were meant to enact legislation to make our lives better?!?! OMG!!
;-)
But seriously, nothing fazes me anymore. I, too, have read about Australia being a corporation. Supposedly occurred under Gough Whitlam, no less.
All I can glean from everything I have seen, heard and read about politics in my life is that it's a truly nasty business. People swap sides all the time (but it's usually more along the lines of "all for one and more for me"!), deviousness is rife, if anyone is out to help the Common Man in politics, it's usually only the newbies, and their political lives are either abused and short-lived (eg Ricky Muir), or they are steered towards the corporate greed and tow the party line/change their views accordingly (Tanya Plibersek comes to mind, here, as do many others). And those who continually try give a shit end up leaving, are voted out, or their party sidelines them - or drops them altogether. However, there are a rare few who manage to hang on by the skin of their teeth and try to make a difference.
Mostly, though, politics is a horrid place, and I couldn't imagine a worse working environment. Imagine being surrounded by that scum. Having to sit in the same room as them. To interact with them. They are mostly immoral narcissists and sociopaths, a bunch of liars, cheats and bullies, who'll give Chesire cat grins and promise the World come Election Day, but in reality they're hellbent on getting their own way, and/or that of the higher power they truly work for (who, as we unequivocally know, is most definitely NOT the Common Man).
You mean we only THOUGHT they were working for us, the people, and that they were meant to enact legislation to make our lives better?!?! OMG!!
;-)
But seriously, nothing fazes me anymore. I, too, have read about Australia being a corporation. Supposedly occurred under Gough Whitlam, no less.
All I can glean from everything I have seen, heard and read about politics in my life is that it's a truly nasty business. People swap sides all the time (but it's usually more along the lines of "all for one and more for me"!), deviousness is rife, if anyone is out to help the Common Man in politics, it's usually only the newbies, and their political lives are either abused and short-lived (eg Ricky Muir), or they are steered towards the corporate greed and tow the party line/change their views accordingly (Tanya Plibersek comes to mind, here, as do many others). And those who continually try give a shit end up leaving, are voted out, or their party sidelines them - or drops them altogether. However, there are a rare few who manage to hang on by the skin of their teeth and try to make a difference.
Mostly, though, politics is a horrid place, and I couldn't imagine a worse working environment. Imagine being surrounded by that scum. Having to sit in the same room as them. To interact with them. They are mostly immoral narcissists and sociopaths, a bunch of liars, cheats and bullies, who'll give Chesire cat grins and promise the World come Election Day, but in reality they're hellbent on getting their own way, and/or that of the higher power they truly work for (who, as we unequivocally know, is most definitely NOT the Common Man).