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Kayel

@ Kayel @aussie.zone

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  • Why the cost of living crisis will not get better

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  • Why the cost of living crisis will not get better

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  • Why the cost of living crisis will not get better

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  • Why the cost of living crisis will not get better

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  • Is the change in unequal exchange more impactful than Capital accumulation, etc. - I'd like to know. Either way, cost of living is not improving.

    I am interested in critical response on whether the increase in productivity will balance out the equalisation of exchange.

    But my, unsubstantiated, view is equalisation of trade will increase cost of living even with productivity considered.

  • Why the cost of living crisis will not get better

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  • Trade with China is essential to Australia, don't get me wrong, the profit of the trade has, and will, change.

  • Why the cost of living crisis will not get better

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  • I am referring to unequal trade, - us getting more in return from the Global South (Asia, south america, Africa, etc.) for what we're giving them.

    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-59881-1

    https://globalinequality.org/unequal-exchange/

    This is true for our trade with China, but I am specifically speaking generally.

    "China’s exchange ratio with the Global North has improved over time. During the 1990s, the exchange ratio was on average 34 to 1. In other words, for every unit of embodied labour, materials, land and energy that China imported from the Global North, they had to export 34 units to pay for it. As of 2015, the ratio had declined to 4 to 1." https://progressive.international/wire/2025-04-18-china-unequal-exchange-and-the-present-world-historic-juncture/en

    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S095937802200005X

    Does that answer your question?

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    Why the cost of living crisis will not get better

  • Australians could keep more of their wages if we rebalanced taxes on other forms of income

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  • No. These policies don't.

    Which policy and why?

  • Australians could keep more of their wages if we rebalanced taxes on other forms of income

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  • Do not tax income

    • Tax wealth (progressively)
    • Take royalties for mining
    • Remove the capital gains discount

    An income tax is an attack on workers

  • Australians could keep more of their wages if we rebalanced taxes on other forms of income

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  • Do not tax income

    • Tax wealth
    • Take royalties for mining
    • Remove the capital gains discount

    An income tax is an attack on workers

  • Australian Government funnelled $2.5B to Israeli arms manufacturers

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  • The article is very clear on the timeline.

    Funnelled is correct, these contracts are not easy to get access to.

    I would also be interested in a further breakdown of contracts and time frames. I suggest Defence release this information.

    As stated further down, the genocide has been going on for many decades. Australia is complicit.

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    Sunday August 24: Join the nationwide march for Palestine

    www.greenleft.org.au /content/august-24-join-nationwide-march-palestine
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    Australian Government funnelled $2.5B to Israeli arms manufacturers

    michaelwest.com.au /billions-in-israel-defence-contracts-put-australia-at-risk/

  • Wages are stagnant and cost of living is ridiculous. Are we headed for a crash?

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  • Neoliberalism is reaching its natural conclusion, coupled with the gradual fall of colonialism, is going to lead to a permanent crash for the working class.

    While Trump is being loud, the project to divide the US working class by ethnicity has been ongoing always, and began ramping up this century.

    It will be required as all production is centralised within a handful of families. And the global south can no longer be relied on for cheap resources and manufacturing for middle class treats.

    The US doesn't have a union presence, nor does it have understanding of left politics. Conditions will get worse and worse every decade.

  • Cancer rates in Australians under 50 are rising at a pace that's alarming doctors and scientists

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  • As China prepares to invade Taiwan, a reality check: sitting on the sidelines won’t help Australia

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  • There's also the insinuation China would interfere with our trade in the region.

    Based on what? Nothing.

    Oh, unless we do blindly follow the US into another war and cut ourselves off to half our shipping lanes and trade partners.

    The media is a joke. Fucking CIA bullshit

  • Got my Minimal Phone today. It's DOA.

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  • Which ones were you?

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  • Yes, but all criteria would cause issues in school.

    Additionally symptoms must occur in multiple environments. The chances of someone meeting the criteria without struggling in school are very low.

    I've linked the dsm5 in my comment now, it explains it better (imagine that, haha)

  • Which ones were you?

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  • Australia whistleblower who exposed war crime allegations loses bid to reduce prison sentence

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  • On the non-state-security side:

    Not anything near what it's like in the US. There are no incentives. "If you decide to blow the whistle you had better be financially independent"

  • What are commonly used idioms/metaphors that make no sense to anyone who knows about the topic they come from?

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  • "Rome wasn't built in a day"

    Has an entirely different message to me. It's often used as a reminder to be patient, not to loose your temper, etc.

    On the day Rome was founded Romulus killed his brother Remus and marked out the city of Rome, construction starts. This is my initial reaction.

    The next thing the Romans, a group of men (probably criminals), did after founding Rome was to raid their neighbours and kidnap their women. Rome then makes war for the better part of a thousand years, eventually subjugating the known world.

    I think it's better used as a reminder subjugation starts out in small measures. "Parliament just passed antiterrorism laws, I'm sure they're to protect us" "Rome wasn't built in a day"

  • US doctors rewrite DNA of infant with severe genetic disorder in medical first

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  • Based on what? The US discussing legalising genetic experimentation for military uses is the pathway to Gattaca.

    Not saying you're wrong, curious about your time-line

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    How are you watching the NHL this season?

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    Building a hexadecimal wall clock to count down to the 2038 problem (y2k)

    retr0.id /stuff/2038/