Voice to parliament referendum fails in defeat that Indigenous advocates will see as a blow to progress towards reconciliation

Australians have resoundingly rejected a proposal to recognise Aboriginal people in its constitution and establish a body to advise parliament on Indigenous issues.

Saturday’s voice to parliament referendum failed, with the defeat clear shortly after polls closed.

  • WilliamTheWicked@lemmy.worldEnglish
    77·
    1 year ago

    How the hell are we taking so many steps backwards as a species? “I feel like I’m taking crazy pills!”

    • kromem@lemmy.worldEnglish
      111·
      1 year ago

      At what point backwards in time was it normative indigenous peoples get representation in government?

      Sometimes progress is slow, and many younger people being upset about a ‘no’ to indigenous representation is exactly the kind of thing that eventually leads to steps forward.

      It’s just very much the case that many people today are upset with how slow social progress seems to be taking. But in large part, that’s because of how quickly social issues are advancing for new generations relative to how slowly older generations set in antiquated ways are disappearing from the equation.

      What was the average age of who voted on the measure?

      What’s the average age of the people looking at the result with disappointment?

      The gap will tell you roughly how long it’s going to take for that change to start to meaningfully happen.

    • pdxfed@lemmy.worldEnglish
      23·
      1 year ago

      I’ll answer your question if you can tell me why you put quotes around your second sentence?

        • pdxfed@lemmy.worldEnglish
          16·
          1 year ago

          Ah, an actual quote, thought you might be one of those brutes who use quotation marks instead of any other form of punctuation. In the Old Forum, there was a good community for signage with this kind of thing. My favorite was a marijuana dispensary sign with “taxes and fees included”.

          The answer to your question is greed enabled through capitalism; it makes people think there isn’t enough because most people are constantly being abused by the system and don’t have enough, as it was designed.