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@aj@gts.sadauskas.id.au In the 1980s, I worked in Australia's Commonwealth Employment Service (CES). Businesspeople in my regional city still speak wistfully of the days when they could ask the local CES office for people and would be provided - free of charge - with suitable applicants. These days, finding workers is far more costly (and fraught).

I came to the conclusion that, with few exceptions, people want to feel that they're contributing to their community. The “Dole Bludger” is mythical.

Totalitarian Capitalism does not serve the nation well. Australia is rich enough to afford every resident the necessities of life and opportunities to do something that's meaningful to them.

Coordinated:

• education;
• training;
• careers/occupational guidance;
• employment/job matching would be invaluable, to both to our economy and society. @InsurgoFormica@aus.social #AusPol #inequality #TotalitarianCapitalism #BringBackTheCES

#God Tweets:

@InsurgoFormica@aus.social Decades of indoctrination have led to many of us believing that:

• Capitalist markets are infallible;
• the public sector is ineffective/inefficient;
• the private sector is effective/efficient;
• government is bad;
• taxes are bad. So yes, we probably will fall for it again. @ocratato@discuss.systems @anne_twain@theblower.au @aj@gts.sadauskas.id.au #AusPol #inequality #TotalitarianCapitalism

The #hasbara is strong on this event. Three restaurants have closed. Comments on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/DamEWS9TjcD/?hl=en are suspiciously positive. #AusPol #Israel #Zionism #BDS #IDF #genocide #CrimesAgainstHumanity #WarCrimes #Gaza #Palestine

@Tooden@aus.social I've never known an Australian Zionist whose first loyalty is not to Israel. There's rarely any loyalty to Australia at all. Zionists should therefore be viewed as suspect. At some point, we need to decide whether they're truly Australian. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jul/26/australian-army-officer-security-clearance-israel-loyalty-leaves-adf-ntwnfb #AusPol #Israel #Zionism #BDS #IDF #genocide #CrimesAgainstHumanity #WarCrimes #Gaza #Palestine

My irony valve has overloaded. Sara Haddad on Instagram. #AusPol #ForeignInterference #hasbara #censorship #indoctrination

I struggle to find a privatisation which proved to be in the public interest @ocratato@discuss.systems Market Capitalism fails, reliably and consistently. My favourite take is from this blog post: https://david.boxall.id.au/201604/default.html "The private sector cherry-picks profitable markets, then demands public sector subsidies to cover the rest." That post hasn't been updated for years, but it's still cogent. Australia's telecommunications are the poster-child of failed privatisation. There are good reasons why such natural-monopoly infrastructure has historically been the province of the public sector. Where infrastructure is involved, I favour de-privatisation with maximum prejudice. The cost to those who profited from the privatisation should be so extreme that only the brave or foolish will participate in any proposed future privatisation. I picture gobbets of Capitalist gore, clinging to walls & ceilings. @InsurgoFormica@aus.social @anne_twain@theblower.au @aj@gts.sadauskas.id.au#AusPol #inequality #TotalitarianCapitalism

It isn't hard to find evidence that some forms of #Zionism are indistinguishable from mental illness. "A grown, five-foot-four mother saw a political message she didn't like, and her immediate instinct was to broadcast her hypothetical, imagined trauma to the world as though she had survived a war zone." https://www.patreon.com/TheAnti_Zionist/posts/when-we-say-and-162230765 #AusPol

"This pattern of Israeli deception has been made possible by the power of the Israel lobby in the US to shut down criticism of Israel. That is also true in Australia." https://pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/07/who-would-want-an-ally-like-israel/ #AusPol #Israel #CrimesAgainstHumanity #WarCrimes #Iran

@dbattistella@mstdn.ca Sara Haddad _thesunbird_ on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/Dauupe-ytq2/ #Israel #genocide #CrimesAgainstHumanity #WarCrimes #Gaza #Palestine

A David Pope classic 3 May 2019 #ClimateChange #media

"The world’s richest eight people, a group small enough to fit around a dining room table, own as much wealth as the poorest half of humanity – some 4.1 billion people." https://pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/07/how-much-wealth-is-too-much/ #capitalism #inequality

In 1989, the Australian Telecommunications Commission was restructured into a corporation. That's when the rot set in. “The world is gradually recovering from the mania for privatisation …” https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/09/telstras-triple-zero-failure-is-a-result-of-prioritising-neoliberal-competition-and-reaping-none-of-its-benefits #AusPol #telecommunications #PublicGood #DePrivatisation

Australian Zionists seem to suffer from some form of communal post-traumatic stress disorder. Their reactions are not healthy. Therapy might help. https://veronicasherman.com/p/enough-about-your-feelings-already #AusPol #Zionism

If you're going to organise objections, then it's probably wise to arrange for people to turn up. “The Commission received one registration to speak at the public meeting, from an elected member of the local Council who is already separately meeting with the Panel regarding the application,” https://reneweconomy.com.au/planning-meeting-over-solar-and-battery-project-cancelled-after-none-of-133-objectors-bothers-to-show-up/ #AusPol #EnergyTransition

Bear in mind that the author is Jewish. “… being labelled a “genocide supporter” – an understandably harrowing experience recounted by so many witnesses – is the cost of supporting genocide.” https://www.deepcutnews.com/p/if-the-royal-commission-is-serious #AusPol #antisemitism #RoyalCommission

Paranoia and vivid imagination: "The rabbi's wife was outside with her children, and down the street she saw protesters and she felt scared." Such is antisemitism? https://veronicasherman.com/p/jewish-paranoia #AusPol #antisemitism #RoyalCommission

1/3 Anti-Zionism Australia media release 20 June https://www.instagram.com/p/DZyjnPGEokw/ #AusPol #Zionism #ForeignInterference

Melbourne has scraped it off @Tooden@aus.social Now, if only the owner will migrate to Israel, leaving Australia more wholesome. #AusPol #Israel #Zionism #BDS #IDF #genocide #CrimesAgainstHumanity #WarCrimes #Gaza #Palestine

“Electrifying cars, trucks, mining equipment and agricultural machines would make the greatest difference,…” https://reneweconomy.com.au/electric-trucks-mines-and-farms-low-carbon-fuels-key-to-break-australias-foreign-fuel-dependence/ #AusPol #EnergyTransition

"I believe Australians are terrified to be perceived as antisemitic. So they go with what feels as if it's the "majority" so they are part of the herd and won't be singled out and exposed." https://veronicasherman.com/p/warning-to-all-public-servants #AusPol #Zionism #ForeignInterference

Market mechanisms have a role to play @ocratato@discuss.systems but how much of a role? We've gone too close to Hayek's ideal of the holy, inviolate market in all things. Democracies must decide what is best left to the public sector. I suspect that the answer is; "most of what has been privatised" (and probably more). @InsurgoFormica@aus.social @anne_twain@theblower.au @aj@gts.sadauskas.id.au#AusPol #inequality #TotalitarianCapitalism

"The genocide ripped the veil off Israel and exposed its dark and murderous visage to the global community. The war on Iran, which Netanyahu sold as an easy win, exposed Israel’s cynical manipulation of the U.S. to the Trump White House. Israelis, intoxicated by the fantasy of being the chosen people, do not have friends. They do not have allies. They have those they use and those they slaughter." https://www.filmsforaction.org/articles/israels-suicidal-rupture-with-the-us/ #USpol #Israel #CrimesAgainstHumanity

3/3 #AusPol #Zionism #ForeignInterference

The ideology is strong @Old_IT_geek@techhub.social but cracks are forming. The edifice is collapsing too slowly. How can we give it a nudge? #AusPol #telecommunications #PublicGood #DePrivatisation

The archive: https://archivegenocide.com/ #Israel #genocide #CrimesAgainstHumanity #WarCrimes #Gaza #Palestine

Is it time to outlaw the IHRA definition? Is that definition F✡️reign interference? "The point is whether a doctor should fear professional ruin for stating a public view about civilian deaths or attacks on hospitals." https://michaelwest.com.au/chilling-effect-a-million-health-workers-at-risk-if-they-criticise-israel/ #AusPol #Zionism #ForeignInterference

@Bot4Sale@fairdinkum.one The saying that something has wings (or legs) pre-dates Red Bull by decades. #vernacular

The horrors of #Zionism & the wonders of cheesecake. "Cancelling at 7pm on a Friday night is genius if you don't want the event to be rescheduled. " https://veronicasherman.com/p/cheesecake-as-currency #ForeignInterference #AusPol

"… the researchers had an easier time debunking Israeli claims than proving them." https://thegrayzone.com/2024/03/07/media-concocts-un-hamas-rape-report/ #Israel #hasbara #CrimesAgainstHumanity #WarCrimes #Gaza #Palestine

What is it that makes so much of the world look away? https://veronicasherman.com/p/we-emergency #Israel #genocide #CrimesAgainstHumanity #WarCrimes #Gaza #Palestine

"The Israeli police have also issued a statement … that they themselves are unable to locate eyewitnesses of rape on October 7, or to connect the testimonies published by outlets like the Times with anything remotely resembling evidence. " https://thegrayzone.com/2024/01/10/questions-nyt-hamas-rape-report/ #Israel #hasbara #CrimesAgainstHumanity #WarCrimes #Gaza #Palestine

“… they created the most comprehensively documented mass atrocity of the digital age.” https://www.patreon.com/TheAnti_Zionist/posts/iof-peeps-in-can-163144550 #Israel #genocide #CrimesAgainstHumanity #WarCrimes #Gaza #Palestine

“… we don’t need the paperwork anymore. We have the 1,000 days. And the 1,000 days tell you everything...” https://www.patreon.com/TheAnti_Zionist/posts/with-every-week-162495630 #Israel #genocide #CrimesAgainstHumanity #WarCrimes #Gaza #Palestine

This video of former Israeli Minister Shulamit Aloni, is worth watching. It outlines a tactic that hasn't changed in decades. https://www.patreon.com/TheAnti_Zionist/posts/can-we-stop-with-162388278 #Israel #genocide #CrimesAgainstHumanity #WarCrimes #Gaza #Palestine #antisemitism

@InsurgoFormica@aus.social The rational starting point would be to de-privatise everything, then cautiously allow the private sector to play a limited role if things aren't going well. @anne_twain@theblower.au @aj@gts.sadauskas.id.au#AusPol #inequality #TotalitarianCapitalism #BringBackTheCES

From "Council Watch Victoria Inc" on Facebook 21 June. The page is evidently Zionist. It shows a predilection for AI-generated content. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/14gDMG14br8/ As is all too often the case, the deceit is in what's omitted. #AusPol #Zionism #ForeignInterference

Israeli Zionism has always been an ideology of theft and bloodlust. “… he has started keeping some of his knowledge of the area to himself—not writing it down or sharing it publicly, because, he said, whatever Palestinians name and describe can be taken.” https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/crimson-thread-israeli-military-barrier-west-bank-tubas-land #Israel #CrimesAgainstHumanity #WarCrimes #Palestine

2/3 #AusPol #Zionism #ForeignInterference

“… the website allows visitors to download any video individually, in addition to viewing a list of victims' names within a database that is updated daily.” https://www.saba.ye/en/news3736586.htm #Israel #genocide #CrimesAgainstHumanity #WarCrimes #Gaza #Palestine

Israelis are the problem. Bear in mind that Zionism has had far more time to indoctrinate the population of Israel than Nazism had with that of Germany. #Israel #genocide #CrimesAgainstHumanity #WarCrimes #Gaza #Palestine