Recently the Greens Party has seen a surge in support as ordinary Australians have become disheartened with the major political parties: the Labor and Liberal party.
For those not familiar with Australian politics, let me summarise the parties and their ideology:
1) Labor party: the socialist party.
2) Liberal party: the fascist party.
3) Greens party: the more socialist party, with trees.
As you can see, from my tongue-in-cheek summary, all parties are for big government intervention into virtually all aspects of Australian life... literally nothing is sacred.
The fascinating thing about the Greens party is that they are significantly more socialist than the Labor and Liberal party. However, as Australians refuse to look beneath the surface of their political parties to see their ideological engine, I believe they mistakenly choose the Greens out of frustration... and I sympathise. Yet the Greens only add to their 'outsider' masquerade by wearing the cloak of environmentalism.
Australians will soon learn, if their support for the Greens translates into votes, that the Greens' pro-environment stance comes at a high personal cost. And like all of their policies, that cost will be shared by all.
God bless,
Washo
I was going to write something about this but have been absolutely flat out lately - as you correctly state, the Greens have been gaining support for a few elections now as Australians grow frustrated with the two major parties. Aside from being ‘watermelons’ (green on the outside, red on the inside) that can’t be trusted, there are some positives: namely that the Greens do call out both parties on certain issues that would normally go without coverage, e.g. the recent advertising expenditure by government. If the opposition attacks a policy, they’re always just labelled as in bed with the unions/big business (they are, but that’s beside the point), whereas the Greens at least go in as ‘neutrals’ and can’t be dismissed that easily. They act as a check against government policy and hopefully prevent some policies and regulations from going live.
We just have to hope none of their own policies ever see the light of day, i.e. that they don’t get so big they can actually take a seat at the policy table and really do a number on us.
Personally I blame the whole system as it currently exists, multiple heads (libs,labor,greens etc) of the same beast.