Probably not the smartest thing to say when everyones being squeezed to make ends meet.
We’re really going to have Dutton for PM aren’t we…
god i hope not. he wants to ban protesting. he’s a textbook fascist :/
buy local? your kidding we dont actually MAKE anything here.
It doesn’t have to be “buy local”, per se, it just has to be “buy non-US”. But there are few tangible things I actually buy from the US. I don’t mind stuff from the EU, it’s a little pricey due to our exchange rate, but for the things I buy it’s generally OK.
There are heaps of services that are bought from the US though - just about every streaming service, Google/Apple, Starlink, and so on. Those can fuck right off , if possible. Sometimes that’s not practical (eg google/apple’s ecosystem), but at least have a look for alternatives.
We do it’s just more “boutique”
There are still people making clothes but they usually only do small orders. There are still people making doors and windows, greengrocers and butchers still exist. It is a little more pricey but if we all shifted to locally made and owned then a lot of necessary manufacturing would move back to Australia.
They can continue making the garbage I don’t need and don’t buy overseas.
“He [Dutton] should be backing Australia, rather than backing the Trump administration”
Ironic considering Dutton is so patriotic when it comes to Australia Day stuff.
I don’t understand it. If I was a politician right now, I would not, under any circumstances, hitch my political wagon to the shitshow that is going on in the US. But Dutton and that “Trumpet of Patriots” crowd - bless their 1950’s White Australia hearts - are all for it.
Labor would be wise to stall the election for a month or two, just to let things unfold a bit more over there.
