Not really the place for a political discussion, but it really boils down to the core philosophies of the parties for me.
Aspiration vs envy
Reward for hard work vs redistribution of wealth
Less red tape vs increased bureaucracy
The libs could definitely do with some more progressive policies, and I hope Morrison sees this as an opportunity to implement some of Labor's good ideas, but Labor really need to better understand the psyche of the middle class if they want to win government.
It boils down to: "I worked hard for what I've got, why should I give a bigger slice of my pie to some cunt who doesn't work as hard as me?"
The problem for Labor is that they see that as "fuck you, got mine". There more to it than that, but Labor don't want to entertain the thought that just maybe "fairness" for most people doesn't revolve around taking from the "rich" and giving to the "poor".
Then you add the progressive left (i.e. The Greens) into the mix with their upper middle class comfort zone and unbelievably condescending and hypocritical attitude to anyone who lives more than 5km outside of the CBD and this is what you get.
Because of what happened to Turnbull, I came closer to voting for Labor this federal election than I've ever come before, but the more they revealed about their tax policies and the more they leant on class warfare tactics, the less palatable they became.
Conversely, the reason I came close to abandoning the libs was because they were straying further and further from the centre-right philosophy that I'm comfortable with. If Morrison decides to take them further right, I'll find someone else to vote for, of he goes closer to the centre, I'll be happy.
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