Just as the average Roman didn't realise their empire was collapsing around them, the average Labor voter remained oblivious to the slow-motion destruction of their own country.
They ignored every warning sign. The roads just stopped being repaired. Hospital emergency waits ballooned to 14 hours and became the accepted norm. Bulk-billed GP visits simply stopped existing. Power bills, rent, and groceries kept climbing under endless "temporary" inflation that somehow never ended. Car break-ins, youth crime, and home invasions became just another part of life in cities that used to feel safe. Public infrastructure projects either never got finished, exploded in cost through waste and corruption, or delivered substandard results. Housing targets were repeatedly missed as migration continued to surge. Education standards declined in favour of DEI objectives. Welfare and NDIS spending exploded with waste and fraud.
And through it all, the ruling party's only objective was to get re-elected at all costs. They ignored the problems and spent years dividing the nation, redefining everything as "racist," obsessing over atoning for wrongs committed centuries ago by people long dead. They lectured ordinary people about white privilege and colonial guilt, promoted identity politics and constant symbolism, boasted about DEI in their ranks, and dismissed any criticism as bigotry.
And it worked. Their voters cheered. They swallowed the slogans, shared the hollow social media posts, chanted the trendy buzzwords, and kept voting for more of the same.
Rome didn't fall in a day. Australia under Labor didn't either. It was quietly dismantled, one ignored warning sign at a time, through complacency, denial, and a stubborn refusal to face reality and vote differently.
Yep the Greens doubled down on the most idiotic undemocratic tax hike in history and now they are complaining about the result. Labor last, Greens second last, the only way to get the country back on track.
If you don't celebrate your own traditions, then you will have to celebrate someone else's traditions.
The Norwegian team celebrates the right way and we all love it.
The Viking way. But also wearing the Cross of Christ with pride.