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Australians vote no to Indigenous Voice to Parliament. (weeklyworker.co.uk)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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In the wake of the delivery of a resounding no to this proposed constitutional change, this article offers a very measured analysis of the problems with the Voice proposal and rejects the simplistic idea that a "no" is simply due to Australians being racist. This article is from before the referendum.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

There is no real attempt to win the mass of the population to the idea that this will be of mutual benefit through shared justice - because in reality, no justice can be delivered through the Voice

classic reform or revolution moment. not throwing in behind this has handed the libs a thing to point to "reconciliation has been rejected by democracy", but if it had passed they'd have their little rubber-stamp council to endorse any kind of monstrous policies in future. what marvelous choices bourgeois democracy delivers