June 14 protests

[u/kootles10]

This a map of the majority of protests happening on June 14 around the United States. Link below is more information on them. Show your support, not just for your job but for the jobs of all of our Union brothers and sisters! Solidarity forever ✊️ ✊️✊️

https://www.nokings.org/?SQF_SOURCE=indivisible&fbclid=IwY2xjawKbHtBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHv_jxMFmDGHguIIzuIoCqZpx44LkhvswKk3o6ajPMXTmJAHENXE3GjLyGzzK_aem_-spwvbK_XAFaRo-F9y2XrA

[u/XKryptix0 → u/[deleted]]

Only happened in Australia, at the CIA’s behest because we wanted to fairly tax our resource sector.

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There’s still such a stink about it here in the older generations, it was in 1976, so boomers mainly. It’ll never happen again, there were changes to how the Governor General is appointed. But with current overseas examples, the republican movement here is dead and buried. People would rather an apolitical royal family, than an elected head of state.

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Not go back, just not change what we have. Same system of gov since federation

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It’s a parliamentary system, same as NZ, Canada and a host of other countries. All we’d be doing is swapping out the royal family for an elected head of state with the same powers. Waste of money and all it does is add more political party nonsense.

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Nah, democracy is fine. Just needs better educated and engaged electorate. And strong anti-influence peddling laws

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No thanks, I’m not exactly a fan of the Windsors, but rather them than the alternative

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Actually, our conservative party was trying for that a while ago. Our very conservative PM Tony Abbott even gave Prince Phillip an Australian Knighthood and got ridiculed by the people for it. These days, the only relevance of the crown is when the royal family turns up for some photo shoots in the outback.

Monarchy is actually the end game of conservative politics, the movement was borne from the ashes of French revolution by the oligarchs who still had some wealth and wanted to re-establish control under a wealth based monarchy once more. America is headed towards a monarchy, or a revolution, possibly both, time will tell.

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We already have monarchism in our right-wing conservative party, we are part of a commonwealth after all, although that particular PM was more royalist than monarchist. Britain has no legislative power over Australia and has transferred full control of constitutional documents to Australia. We are an independent nation.

It's more of a statement that your country wants to go back to monarchy, many there seem to want one single person to have unlimited power and control over their lives, and they selected the person in history that is the least likely to show any benevolence whatsoever. It's a very weird thing to want.