RaymondPierreL3<p>“The one thing that can stop the rise of the far right is the one thing mainstream parties are currently not prepared to deliver: greater equality. The rich should be taxed more, and the revenue used to improve the lives of the poor. However frantically centrist parties avoid the issue, there is no other way.” (George Monbiot)</p><p>Of course, it’s only come to this due to the lack of <a href="https://aus.social/tags/taxReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>taxReform</span></a> , progressive social <a href="https://aus.social/tags/legislation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>legislation</span></a> , and <a href="https://aus.social/tags/FinancialRegulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FinancialRegulation</span></a> action from all govt since the 2008 <a href="https://aus.social/tags/GFC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GFC</span></a> . <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Neoliberalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Neoliberalism</span></a> ,<a href="https://aus.social/tags/CorporateCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateCapitalism</span></a> and <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Globalisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Globalisation</span></a> have been left unfettered to carry on this foolish race to the bottom. </p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/RWNJs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RWNJs</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/PopularPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PopularPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oligarchy</span></a> </p><p>Source: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/13/trump-populists-human-nature-economic-growth" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2025/apr/13/trump-populists-human-nature-economic-growth</span></a>?</p>