The Native Iowan

Well, its over, for now, for three years. The wasted money, the bullshit being spread like butter, the finger pointing and accusations, the acrimony..

The incumbent power-brokerage-firm has been removed. The opposition has “won”.

But what have they “won”?

Are “things” going to be better? Will the price of fuel for your cars and power for your homes go down? Will the children in school start scoring higher in basic skills tests. Will obesity be reduced? Will the roads get better, traffic thin out? The floods subside and the droughts lift? Will my hair grow back?

I dont think this is as much a pendulum swing as it is a different flavouring in the water. Both sides, both teams have quite similar rhetoric. If you close your eyes and listen to the tune being sung you cant tell if the choir is dressed in Blue or Red.

The campaigns has been based on what has passed. There was little substance offered in regards to future plans and policy. Covid is the big topic. Of course the opposition claimed they could have handled it better, cheaper, with less invasive-ness. Kinda similar to the TrumpvBiden fight. And of course we see that Uncle Joe has proven himself to be correct. Life in the US under Joe is much, much better, cheaper, less stressful than under Trump.

Those darned mean tweets hurt us all.

Its is another blood sport Sunday here. So the fight analogies shall continue.

The big, big issues on the table get little attention at times like this…

A world in conflict is a huge matter of concern. Both Russia and China have expansionistic attitudes. Perhaps Russia may be reevaluating their future expansionistic plans, but China sure as shit is not content to sit quietly within its borders. And this is huge to Australia. Noting well that Australia has little by-way of military capacity, (nothing in the military spectrum is manufactured here) relying mostly on their US treaties and agreements for their own border integrity and security.

I believe China to be Australia’s biggest trading partner. The out-going shot-callers have recently been rather tough on China. (Tough in comparison to past) The new administration has traditionally been quite pro-China. China owns a huge portion of Australia’s agricultural capacity, has the State of Victoria signed on as a partner in their belt and roads initiative, the Port of Darwin was sold to China (by the incumbents) quite a few years ago. I believe that China will have more influence in the HALLS_OF_POWER with the new administration than the out going mob. Time will tell.

China looms large in our future. One way or another.

Australia’s dismantled industrial capacity is, too, a huge thing. Aus holds less than 60days fuel capacity in store. 99.9% of all liquid fuel is imported. Steel manufacturing used to be big here, but is nothing more than a memory these days. No automobile industry any more. Most of Australia’s raw materials are exported (to China) then reimported as value-added consumer goods.

So, in ending, after this trial of democracy, this most recent test of electorate wisdom… time now to see if the future will be brighter. Like in the US, where the absence of mean tweets is all that is required to make things right.

Smiles

More later