‘I would like to catch the train closest to my house, but I really like the branding and design of the competing train company so I’m going to drive 7km to catch their train’. Neoliberalism is a hell of a drug.
I just learned that Jeff Kennett split the running of Melbourne’s train network between competing companies to ‘encourage competition’. Did that guy’s brain work? People catch whatever train is closest to their home, how would competition help?
Happy five year anniversary of pointing out that men cause pregnancy and could easily prevent abortion by ejaculating responsibly (but they choose not to) to all who celebrate.
Mining bosses have backed in criticisms of Australian workers that we don’t work hard enough & have “a lifestyle that is not sustainable” & unemployment needs to increase so we know who’s the boss. You know where they would take us if they could - master & servant
@hierobadge And there’s the much touted ‘resilience’, the ability to tolerate inhuman treatment and working conditions rather than fixing appalling workplaces.
would be a real shame if someone good with wheat paste who lives near a Gurner property was to DM me their email address for some high-res PDFs of these posters I just made
@humblefarmerboy @JeremyPoxon As they admitted, the purpose is to punish the poor. If it were real, useful work, they'd make it an actual paid job and give it to the person.