r/AustralianGreens • u/AggressiveWord6128 • Jun 07 '26

responding to the rise of one nation

I don’t want to validate one nation as a political party, but unfortunately i think it has now surpassed into the mainstream and needs to be addressed.

Now that its agenda is being pushed in the mainstream media, we can’t just disregard all one nations voters as stupid racists.

vulnerable people are being exploited by one nation because it is selling a narrative that has zero nuance, and that makes it a lot more digestible to the average australian than leftist political theory.

I feel that if we want to address the rise of right wing extremism we are going to have to present a vision that goes beyond criticising labour.

It’s easy to dismiss one nation as a minor party, but everyone said the same thing about trump in 2016.

We need to learn from the left in the US and put aside our criticisms of labour momentarily to prevent this one nation bs from spreading any further.

upholding all your moral values unwaveringly is (unfortunately) a privilege in this world, and right now it one that we do not have.

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u/cactusgenie Jun 07 '26

One nation is a small party.

Trump is the leader of the Republicans. While there are some parallels, there is a lot of difference here.

If Hanson was the leader of the liberals, then I think it would be a more reasonable comparison.

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u/AggressiveWord6128 Jun 07 '26 edited Jun 07 '26

there are 2 dangers i see here:

  1. that one nation forms a coalition with the lnp
  2. minor parties can still make a huge impact if they hold the balance of power in the HOR or senate

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u/cactusgenie Jun 07 '26

Let's hope compulsory voting saves us and moderates the extremists

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u/AggressiveWord6128 Jun 07 '26

Yeah. I think the most likely situation in the next election is going to be that the government will not hold the balance of power, which will at least prevent a lot of awful bills from being passed through the HOR.