Since the recent election there's a lot of commentary saying the Liberal party needs to reconsider its policies and re-align with its core values which, when enumerated sound very centrist.

I just watched ABC's q&a, there was a few interesting points. There was a strong consensus that Trump style culture wars are toxic in Australian politics, and that it's unlikely future candidates would take that route.

I don't want to gloat infront of the seppos, but I think what's happening during this aftermath is very salient for all of those "both sides are bad" Americans.

In October last year there seemed to be a lot of users saying that they didn't want to reward the dems with their vote, and that the only way to communicate with the party was to withhold their vote.

I think what's happening right now in Australia demonstrates the importance of voting.

Labor might not be left enough for you personally, but each time the libs are defeated they need to move to the left to be viable, and Labor will have to move further left to differentiate themselves. That is to say, the spectrum of acceptable opinions is moving to the left in an observable manner, right now.

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[–] Zozano@aussie.zone 15 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I think it's important to remember: this is the value of preferential voting. We dont need to be concerned with 'the culture war' for labor to win by a landslide. Labor gets the benefit of being centrist.

In america it's only left vs right. Imagine your drunk mother trying to stop your violent father from punching you; that's america.

Now, in Australia, it's more like a frat house dick measuring contest. Anyone could be packing, so you need to be on your guard, there could be turkeys slappin' from any direction.

Labor just isnt the "enemy" in the same way the 'dems' are to the GOP (thanks greens, teals, and weed parties!).