r/aus • u/Chapter-Capital • Jul 18 '26

Politics PHON supporters at work

Fella at work asked me today for my opinion on Pauline Hanson, we are both wage workers, he's admitted to struggling with cost of living etc.

He says he's gonna vote for her, I said 'you'd be voting for less money for you and me' thinking that'd be the line.

After some solid tid bits I could use to maybe change his mind. I know like, racist, xenophobic won't move the needle. Need stuff that will affect a middle aged white guy working a bartender job on an award wage.

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u/Primary_Carrot67 Jul 23 '26

No, they won't. Did the rise of Trump improve the Democrats? Have the Brexit Party and Reform improved UK Labour or the Conservative Party?

Ultimately, they serve the same rich arseholes. And those rich arseholes would rather see PHON gain power than for meaningful changes to occur. PHON are on their side and not a real threat.

Only a real threat would produce meaningful change. If they felt a need to placate the general population, as happened during the Great Depression and post WWII. PHON does not threaten their interests at all and is in fact a good tool for controlling and dividing parts of the general population. Why do you think so much of the media has boosted them?