Here comes the cavalry, and it isn’t angry twenty-somethings discovering politics for the first time, it’s Gen X finally losing its shit after a lifetime of being told to work harder, wait longer, and trust people who have never built, risked, or carried responsibility beyond a talking point.
We did what we were told. We built businesses without grants, paid real interest rates, met payrolls, and absorbed losses when things went wrong, all while governments treated the economy like a laboratory and small business like a renewable resource.
We were promised stability and delivered volatility, sold discipline and given debasement, and then lectured about empathy by a managerial class that couldn’t run a barbecue, let alone a country.
The lie that broke it was the insistence that none of this was happening. That housing shortages had nothing to do with population policy. That flooding the economy with cheap money wouldn’t punish savers or reward speculation. That cost of living pressures were an act of God rather than the predictable outcome of weak decisions made by weaker and more comfortable people.
Gen X remembers when the country worked and not because it was perfect, but because it respected limits. We also understand systems, incentives, and bullshit, which is why the anger isn’t loud, it’s very deliberate.
We now withdraw loyalty, redirect capital, organise quietly, and apply pressure where it actually matters.
This isn’t a phase or a protest vote. It’s a recalibration by a generation that has realised the institutions won’t fix themselves and the people in charge are neither frightened nor competent enough to be trusted.
Here comes the cavalry. Calm, solvent, and done pretending. Buckle up. Enjoy the ride.
#AustraliaFirst
The only thing Gina inherited was a mountain of debt and not a single mine. Gina grew up on dirt floors in remote Australia. When her father passed away, she was left with debt. Gina worked her guts out to build a mining company. She now has Australia’s interests at heart. She is giving her time and money to One Nation because Gina loves this country , loves it with a passion. Thank you, Gina.
One Nation really does deserve this rise.
They took principled stands about the future of Australia when it was hard.
They raised the alarm when it was political death to do so.
They never allowed themselves to get dragged around by green money, woke money, or the race-baiting activists.
They always - forever - stood for Australia above the interests of any other ideological group.
Are they perfect? No. But they learn from their mistakes and they get a hell of a lot more right than they get wrong.
I left the Liberal National Party almost 4 years ago because of what they did in the name of keeping us "safe" during Covid-19.
Massive draconian overreach by Government, fiscal responsibility thrown out the window and a tidal wave of inflation set loose and not one moments regard for freedom, small government, balanced budgets and private enterprise....
But more importantly they waved through an outrageous assault on our freedom and civil liberties.
And now they go and vote for stuff that is straight out of the Nazi Party 1933 "burning of the Reichstag playbook". Yep, that bloke with the moustache said a whole lot of stuff that sounds just like what was said in our Parliament in the last 48 hours.....
Just look at how that worked out!
Good on the Nationals for having the guts to stand up against this enabling Act of tyranny that sets us up to be single party State.
Good on One Nation for taking a stand.
But as for the Liberal Party, you have made a dreadful mistake, and there will plenty of people who won't forgive or forget this one.
Come on, people , we have a lot of work to do. We need to help One Nation secure 76 seats in the house of reps at the next election. It's a tall mountain to climb , but for Australia, failure is no longer an option. The government and opposition is not working for Australia. We are on our own.
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I’ve had a gutful.
I’m sick of the Australian government setting one standard for Australians and businesses, and a completely different standard for themselves.
If Optus stuffs up, the CEO is dragged before cameras and grilled. If Telstra gets it wrong, they’re hauled in and shamed and If a business fails to protect people, there are consequences.
But when the government makes decisions that hurt Australians, mass migration, housing pressure, broken services, loss of cohesion, nothing happens.
No one’s called out, no one’s held responsible and no one owns the damage.
Politicians play politics with people’s lives, then hide behind press conferences and talking points when it goes wrong. They demand accountability from everyone else while exempting themselves.
That’s hypocrisy, that’s double standards.
Australians are expected to follow the rules, carry the burden, and pay the price, while politicians walk away untouched from the consequences of their own decisions.
I’ve had a gutful of leaders who lecture the country but won’t live by the standards they impose.
One rule for Australian’s and one rule for government, surly that should not be.
Seriously the Government run the country and must be called to account…
Peter Lyndon-James 🇦🇺
It is possible for Pauline Hanson to be the Prime Minister after the next election.
Under the Constitution you can be a Senator and be PM.
It’s only a "convention" that the PM is in the House of Representatives.
And mathematically, given One Nation’s recent polling, and the trend - it’s a real possibility.