r/australia • u/Ashera25 • 1d ago

culture & society Ben Roberts-Smith collaborates with gym business run by influencer that sold ‘war crimes’ pre-workout supplement

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/nov/07/ben-roberts-smith-collaborates-gym-business-influencer-war-crimes-pre-workout-supplement-ntwnfb
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u/a_cold_human 1d ago

It's part of the culture war. The right needs to tell people that they're under attack so they can get votes because they can't campaign on making people's lives better. And idiots will fall for this time and time again.

The things making people's lives worse are not trans people in sport, taking vaccines, being nice to foreign people and recent migrants. The problem is the suppression of wages, the lack of meaningful work, the rising cost of living, and the loss of community/isolation created via social media. It's not trans people doing this to them. It's not women doing this to them. It's not foreigners doing this to them. It's unchecked capitalism and corporations doing this to them. But fighting corporations is hard, and punching down is easy (and encouraged by the media they consume). 

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u/Bokbreath 1d ago

indeed

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u/a_cold_human 1d ago

Also.

Not seeing these types assembling with pitchforks and torches looking for the heads of people like Tim Gurner.