Australia’s Liberal-National Party really communist – wants a NATIONALISED NUCLEAR industry!

What more can I say? I am astounded. The Liberal party – champion of free enterprise – long opponent of our taxes being used to support wasteful public projects like health, education, welfare, environment, – now makes a dramatic exception to its private enterprise philosophy.

They want a fully tax-payer built and run nuclear power industry.

I mean – I’m not here arguing that nuclear power is dirty, unhealthy, or will be too late to combat climate change, or any of those nasty, Lefty allegations. Good heavens, I’m not a communist!

But I’m wondering if Peter Dutton, esteemed Leader of this Opposition Party IS in fact a communist? He wants to set up a nuclear power industry in Australia, and has designated several sites each to host several nuclear reactors – I think Large Nuclear Reactors – but I’m not sure on this. He does want little ones, too.

What other explanation?

In my paranoia, one explanation comes to mind.

Little Australia – population under 27 million, is not well informed on nuclear issues. Many of those 27 million get their information from Murdoch media, and from Trumpian-type posts on social media. Last year, guided by the Atlas Network, those outlets just pushed a simplistic promotion – and quite miraculously changed public opinion on Aboriginal rights.

Could they do it again – converting the Australian public to wanting to have their taxes pay for the nuclear industry?

And if the nuclear lobby and its close mates the mining giants can pull this off in Australia – why not in more of the Western world?

Is Australia the nuclear lobby’s guinea pig, with Peter Dutton its glorious and well-funded hero?

July 2, 2024 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Christina's notes

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Dutton is more like a fascist. He also sounds corrupt. The latter day politics of western governments, seems to be where the right is the the most beholden to corporations. Corporatist thinks taxpayers should subsidize any moneymaking opportunity, for their political and economic class. That is more like national socialism. National socialism is a misnomer. It is not for the benefit of most people. It is not socialism. Democratic socialism in australia has given it a national healthcare system, pension systems, workers rights, some environmental protections, and some safety nets. Corporatism is to benefit the wealthy. It is authoritarian. Come on, surely you have had some education in political science.You bemoan red-baiting, militarist jingoists, that want to start a nuclear-cold war with china, on australias behalf, by buying useless US nuclear submarines. Then you use the jingoistic propaganda techinques of the right and far right to label a corrupt politician you dont like. That is dangerous and hypocrical.

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