Dnarever wrote on Sep 18^th, 2026 at 5:11pm:



I spoke to a fully qualified engineer from the USSR - in the early 1980s -
he was a teacher at Uni. in Melbourne.
Back in the 1970s he was an engineer in Russia on $40 per month -
yes that's right $10 per week wages -
and one member of his family used to stand in line every day for 2 hours
to get a loaf of bread so his family had something to eat.
No butter to go with it - that was a bourgeois luxury item -
no jam either - just a piece of dry bread after a hard day's work.
Everyone had malnutrition.
It took him 10 years of working to get permission to leave Russia -
that way the communists said he was paying back the cost of his free education.

This is where we are headed under Albo's communism.

Dnarever wrote on Sep 18^th, 2026 at 5:26pm:


You are an idiot. A magazine illustration, like an editorial cartoon,  is not a historical document. Its purpose is to draw your attention so you will read the article. Are you saying, duckwit, that you never read opinion pieces or magazine articles if there is a cartoon on the page or if the magzzine cover itself is a cartoon or illustration, rather than a historically accurate document?


Your adamant ignorance is painting  you into ever stupider corners.

Bobby. wrote on Sep 18^th, 2026 at 5:31pm:


In the 70's a russian laborer was on about 80 rubles, A ruble was about $1.10 USD. That is around $90

A professor about 300 to 500 Rubles

Bread was 0.2 rubles and Milk 0.4 rubles.

Miners 600 to 1500 Rubles.

Seems a bit comparable maybe even better than Australia at that time.

A siberian guy I worked with told me one winter day that 2 degrees wasn't cold - he said that minus 35 that is cold.

It's on record in black and white -  DNA supports Albo's Marxist party.

Albo wants to put people in jail for 15 years if they have a different opinion to his -

just like Stalin and his Gulags -

he's a commie.

see here:
https://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1789248162/0#0

Bobby. wrote on Sep 18^th, 2026 at 6:45pm:


A Progressive direction isn't a bad thing.


Progressives believe the government should protect people, fix social problems, and act as a referee over large corporations.

They argue that unregulated capitalism creates extreme inequality. They support rules on big business,  strong labor unions, and a safety net for workers.

Progressives push for equal rights for minority groups, women, and marginalized communities.

They often advocate for government-funded or guaranteed systems, such as universal healthcare, public education, and action on climate change.

While in Australia the progressive movment is virtually non existant in America it is about their only hope. Their main stream corporate funded and controled Republican / Democrat union is corrupt to the core. Their progressives are about their only non corrupt group who want to govern for the people and not the corporate machine that fund bribe them.

Your image could more accurately show big business leaders holding the strings to the Liberals / Labor or Republican / democrat politicians.

To me progressive seems about the best direction when the other options all mean getting into bed with the big corporations to screw the people.

Bobby. wrote on Sep 18^th, 2026 at 6:35pm:


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It's almost the exact opposite to Marxism that is on the record.

Bobby. wrote on Sep 19^th, 2026 at 6:49pm:


Yes the USA. Trump supported the Jewish atrocities on the west bank and also invaded Iran because Israel asked him to. The exact same bending over for Israel we see in Australia from both sides of politics. Not saying that the Bondi shooting wasn't a terrible atrocity in itself that deserved strong action. But it does seem that you don't support the actions either.