• @Letstakealook@lemm.ee
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      1620 days ago

      They are. In fact, we can thank America’s largest spewer of hate (fox) on one of their homegrown assholes, Rupert Murdoch.

    • @GluWu@lemm.ee
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      1020 days ago

      No, Australia is already outright owned by plutocratic mining corperations. In the US they have to go through all the lobbying and buying millions of trumpcoin.

    • Zagorath
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      1020 days ago

      Not nearly to the same extent as America, but in general, yes. Same direction, just less extreme.

      • @popjam@lemmy.world
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        1220 days ago

        We also voted against the Trump crap last election, I’d imagine if America had preferential and mandatory voting they would have too

    • @Wandering@aussie.zone
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      620 days ago

      Unlike the MAGA movement, most of Australia’s right wing are neither Vatnik, nor Fascist. I mean, there are those as well, like Clive Palmer, but he is a spam pest and a joke - most people think he is ridiculous. So no.