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Australia has just one political party [http://thedailyderp.net/2012/02/20/australias-great-bisons/ auspol] with two wings, the Labor wing and the Liberal wing.<br/><br/><br/>Labor campaigns from the left and regulate from the centre; the Liberals campaign from the centre, then govern from the far right while pursuing a pro-business plan that does little to elevate the quality of life of ordinary people in Australia.<br/><br/><br/>As an outcome, there is just a modest array of possible modification in policy that happens between the center and centre-right positions, resulting in an icy democracy and the continuance of the status quo preferred by the political leader's masters.<br/><br/><br/>The latter include prominent members of the financial sector, the Liberal and Labor party leaders, and owners of the media. This group is described as the permanent government in Australia. Parliament constitutes the provisional government, where the morality play of social and political problems unfolds; nevertheless, the real choices are made by their masters. Parliament is clearly the biggest house of prostitution in the country, with common Australians experiencing the impression, not the truth, of representative democracy. As one Liberal Parliamentarian was bold enough to state, if you want to gain access, you have to pay for it.<br/><br/><br/>The [http://thedailyderp.net/tag/liberal-party/ Liberal party] makes up the toxicity that penetrates Australian society through its advertising of 19th-century rugged individuality, anti-intellectualism, and racial discrimination.<br/><br/><br/>The rugged uniqueness is cast in modern-day culture as personal duty, the name the Liberals gives to it's far right ideology. Under their view, each person is responsible for himself; it is a type of social Darwinism that rejects cumulative duty and mutual support. Although they fear socialism, they have no concept that government subsidies to oil, agriculture and other sectors make up socialism.<br/><br/><br/>Undoubtedly, as the late financial expert John Kenneth Galbreath observed, Australia has long had socialism for the rich and capitalism for the poor. This is past their meager understanding. The anti-intellectualism is manifested with [http://thedailyderp.net/tag/tony-abbott/ Tony Abbott and his band of far right coworkers, in spite of their intellectual implosions on national tv. The racism is mirrored not only in the 'Stop the Boats' rule,.<br/><br/><br/>The so called Australian Dream is a horrible one of a job, a home and a vehicle, without conversation those fundamentals being simply a point of departure for enriching life with the arts, songs, literature or various other pursuits that improve the human experience, instead of the essentials working as the end point. The long for the White bulk are specific ones; mutual sharing and support are declined. Under these conditions, is it a great concept to vote? One reason to elect a different party is to reject legitimacy to the one party system.<br/><br/><br/>This article was composed by [http://thedailyderp.net/2012/02/21/who-funds-the-thinktanks/ Dan Gulberry], the publisher of [http://thedailyderp.net/ The Daily Derp], a leading blog dedicated to [http://thedailyderp.net/ Australian politics]<br/><br/> Find out more on  [http://thedailyderp.net/  auspol]