The first Australian response to Trump was denial, then (unsuccessful) bargaining. Now there’s anger and depression as the tariffs sink in. Eventually must come acceptance.

  • TheCriticalMember
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    19 days ago

    Depending on the US for anything is bad policy these days. I’d love to see the entire rest of the world collectively exclude them from the global economy. But of course the oligarchs won’t allow that.

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      19 days ago

      Vote with your AUD as much as possible as a consumer. Even a 10% change in behaviour will shake the fuckers up.

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        18 days ago

        We have a federal election next month, with candidates that have a lot of similarities with the US situation last November. It’s going to be a good indicator of what kind of country Australians want.