Why are we so easily conned?
How depressing that Greg Latemore has thrown in the towel just before the election. With Albanese doing nothing to lift his game and his chances, are we going to let Dutton, aka Trump 2.0 Lite, walk away with the prize?
Labor has been a huge disappointment on the big ticket items: climate change, gambling, tax reform, neutering the NACC. But it has done quite well on important but nevertheless second-tier issues. Googling “Albanese and Labor’s achievements” produces a quite impressive list. But the attributes that made Albanese Leader of the Opposition are not ones that have made a good Prime Minister. Much like Abbott, but without the lunacy and dishonesty.
And so we face Dutton. For the second time. As with The Voice, and exceedingly Trump-like, Dutton lies and causes division wherever he goes. It’s looking like Albanese and Australia are going down a second time. What is wrong with so many of us that we will fall for Dutton? Should we too, like Latemore, throw in the towel now? If yes, well, all over Red Rover. No worries!
But if we grit our teeth and plough on…. The question is: How do we overcome the gullibility that believes lies?
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