Hence in the upcoming election preference LNP/ALP last. The C-class of these companies will coordinate with these political parties to reduce the influence of employees in the workplace, so they can exploit the excess productivity for there own personal gain.

[–] vividspecter@lemm.ee 11 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Just make sure you put Labor ahead of the LNP and cooker parties since they will be objectively worse. But otherwise, agreed.

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 15 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Though put the Greens ahead of Labor. Labor losing seats to the Greens, and having to depend on the Greens to govern, is a realistic possibility, and Greens MPs holding their feet to the fire could provide a counterbalance to the revolving door to corporate Australia.

[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Love to see it. Exploit preferential voting, have your say (personally greens, but anything other than abortion illegal will do)

[–] Wrufieotnak@feddit.org 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I mean it's not really exploiting if that is exactly the reason why preferential voting exists. Or do I misunderstand something?

[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 3 points 3 weeks ago

Nah, you got it.

[–] guillem@aussie.zone 1 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

What is a cooker party? Google is not helping.

[–] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Cooker parties means there can be independent parties with uh… fringe beliefs that you may not align with. So it’s good to do research on each party or candidate

[–] TassieTosser@aussie.zone 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Indies? I define "cooker" as the LNP and everyone to the right of them.

[–] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Yeah. It’s usually been the fringe parties that were most obvious but actually you do have a point

[–] guillem@aussie.zone 2 points 3 weeks ago

I cannot vote but as a recent arrival I'm in the process of getting the picture.

[–] eureka@aussie.zone 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

afaik, 'cooker' has risen as a slang term for the wackier conspiracy theorists:

From Wiktionary:

(slang, Australia) A person who makes or uses illicit drugs, especially methamphetamine or cannabis.

(slang, derogatory, Australia) A person who is cooked in the head; a crazy person.

(slang, derogatory, Australia) A conspiracy theorist, especially one who is involved in politics.

[–] guillem@aussie.zone 2 points 3 weeks ago

Oh okay, I think I have in mind some politicians that fit into the description. Thanks!

[–] vividspecter@lemm.ee 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

eureka explained it well, but my slighter broader definition is:

Anti-vaxxer and other single-issue conspiracy parties
Religious right parties with sometimes innocuous names (like "Family first")
Nazis

[–] Salvo@aussie.zone 1 points 3 weeks ago

We have preferential voting for a reason (except for literal Nazis), the major parties should always be last on everyone’s ballot.

It should be;

Someone I agree with
Someone I agree with on a lot of issues but not quite everything.
ditto
ditto
Greens, unless the candidate is a complete hippy fucktard that doesn’t know how economics works.
Shit Lite party
Shit party.
Yellow Shitstain
Literal Nazis.