Post #1965604

2026-05-03 06:56 UTC

@RaymondPierreL3 "But it does nothing to exonorate QUP management and its genuflection to the Zionist lobby." If you're expecting that, hate to break it to you, but it's not going to happen, just like it's not going to happen at Melbourne University. When you're funded and run by colonialism + fossil fuels, this is the outcome. Want to get rid of the rot? Starting with the root of the problem - fossil fuels - might assist more than attacking the leaves on the branches. But what do I know...

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@gusseting@mastodon.social 2026-05-03 07:02

@RaymondPierreL3 @Qldaah would love your thoughts on the above. I mean, this is QLD, after all :) Land of The Queen, living up to expectations.

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@RaymondPierreL3@aus.social 2026-05-03 07:51

@gusseting I kind of agree with you, about the controling aspects of the #FossilFuelLobby. On the other hand, if not for fossil fuel, there would be other lobbies seeking #StateCapture. It is in the #moneyedClass interest to excert as much influence as money can buy after all. Remember the Tabacco Lobbies of yore? Same thing. Today we can also point to the #GamblingIndustry and increasingly #DefenceIndustries. Unfortunately, with power comes #Greed and #Corruption and #TheRich like it that way. All we can do is stay one step behind our #Leaders ensuring we don’t fall too far back. And the only way to do that is through the ballot box, consistent activism and community-led campaigns (including petitions, protest sit-ins/marches and boycotts, etc.). I’m hopeful that consistent messaging by communities eventually cuts through to polies and that our govt (of whatever ilk) will eventually push back against #Zionism and its growing influence in everyday Australian social life because it is so egregious atm. Also more peeps ought to have a good long think about it all and take a moral and ethical stand vis a vis #Gaza, #WestBank #Lebanon, etc. not much help if peeps keep watching #FoxFakeNews and similar #Cronies IMO. In the grand scheme of things, we need to break up #Oligarchies , #Oligopolies and get serious about progressive #TaxReform. /getting wordy here, better stop…/ #Antifa #EatTheRich #OneEarth

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