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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxReform</span></a> , progressive social <a href="https://aus.social/tags/legislation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legislation</span></a> , and <a href="https://aus.social/tags/FinancialRegulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GFC</span></a> . <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Neoliberalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Neoliberalism</span></a> ,<a href="https://aus.social/tags/CorporateCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateCapitalism</span></a> and <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Globalisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/RWNJs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RWNJs</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/PopularPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PopularPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" 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>