985
submitted 1 year ago by GreyShuck@feddit.uk to c/world@lemmy.world

Australians have resoundingly rejected a proposal to recognise Aboriginal people in its constitution and establish a body to advise parliament on Indigenous issues.

Saturday’s voice to parliament referendum failed, with the defeat clear shortly after polls closed.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] Edgelord_Of_Tomorrow@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

The difference is our electoral system doesn't let the 30% of racist pieces of shit run the entire country.

[-] Silverseren@kbin.social 15 points 1 year ago

Fair enough. I think every democracy needs to have the compulsory voting system that Australia does.

The perceptual downside to the system though is that it definitively and accurately tells you out of the entire population the amount that are bigoted POS'.

[-] Cypher@aussie.zone 9 points 1 year ago

There were many ATSI people who voted no because they want treaty, not an advisory committee with no veto powers.

Not everyone who voted no is racist and proclaiming they are is far more reminiscent of US divisive politics than how Australian politics works.

[-] Welt@lazysoci.al 7 points 1 year ago

First person who's bothered to try and understand the result rather than denouncing the country. The No campaign was deliberately divisive, like Abbott's 2013 election or Howard's manipulation of the republic referendum in 1999. Not only that, lack of political engagement and awareness - most embarrassingly from our most prominent left party, the Greens, who get so embroiled in internecine disputes that they seem not to really get what a political party does. The LNP may not be doing well at the moment but they're a true coalition and trusted voting bloc.

In short, people just don't want to run headlong into progressive politics without thinking it through. We're tired of government interference following years of lockdowns, don't trust our state and federal governments because of repeated betrayal by the Morrison government and broken promises there and elsewhere, and Indigenous people were divided and made the perfect the enemy of the good.

[-] IzzyJ@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

So, the problem is it didn't change the political process enough?

[-] Cypher@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

For progressive no voters, that is correct.

There is of course an element of society who want to ignore or bury any discourse on issues impacting ATSI Australians but they’re not the full picture either.

[-] IzzyJ@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

This is the inherent flaw in democracy in general. If most people are shit, the government will also be shit

[-] LemmysMum@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

That's why access to quality education is tantamount to functioning democracy.

[-] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago

Maybe not but we just saw that it's a fuckin' lot more than just 30 for you guys!

You actually think 55% of Australians are racist?

You understand that the vast majority of No voters voted that way because they didn't understand what it was, and the No campaign very deliberately did everything they could to make it unclear and confusing.

this post was submitted on 14 Oct 2023
985 points (100.0% liked)

World News

39371 readers
2030 users here now

A community for discussing events around the World

Rules:

Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.

We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.

All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.


Lemmy World Partners

News !news@lemmy.world

Politics !politics@lemmy.world

World Politics !globalpolitics@lemmy.world


Recommendations

For Firefox users, there is media bias / propaganda / fact check plugin.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/media-bias-fact-check/

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS