From a recent Australian byelection: is patriarchy is finally starting to die out?

I wound up with a stack of links on a recent byelection here in Australia, and, partly for the sake of readability, and partly for eaase of future reference, I decided to extract most of those to a separate, stand alone post:

• “Traditionalism: the belief that could doom us all”   https://theaimn.com/traditionalism-the-belief-that-could-doom-us-all/   “It can be difficult to understand what connects free market devotees, white ethnostate militants, Christian Nationalists, tech bros and mere conservatives in the West. One concept that can help understand their rough alliance is traditionalism. In fact it draws together an international contingent that shares goals and enemies, shaping domestic and foreign policy against the interests of the majority.”   “My Malaysia Ordeal shows how Religion can Fuse with Nationalism to Silence Dissent”   https://www.juancole.com/2024/03/malaysia-religion-nationalism.html   “My research shows that there is a rising global trend against dissenting and minority religious views. Analysing this trend is crucial to understand why right-wing populist leaders are now ruling diverse countries, such as Turkey, Russia, Israel and India, and how they may come to power in other places, including the United States.”         “New Zealand is under siege by the Atlas Network”   https://theaimn.com/new-zealand-is-under-siege-by-the-atlas-network/   “Just as the Atlas Network-connected Advance body intervened in the Voice referendum in Australia and, in recent weeks, a by-election, similar organisations spawned from the American model are distorting New Zealand’s politics from within as well as from without.”         On that, the recent byelection in the electorate of Dunkley has shown that the conservatives are, in my opinion, a dying brand. See   “Dunkley sends all of us a message”   https://theaimn.com/dunkley-sends-all-of-us-a-message/   “It’s another ... defeat for Peter Craig Dutton, who is now lying low over Anklegate   ...   He’s now following Morrison’s delusion that Liberal Party salvation lies in the outer suburbs. The lie that Labor would tax utes and family cars when, in fact, its vehicle emissions standards will save money and help preserve what’s left of our planet’s atmosphere apes ScoMo’s abortive bid for the vote of a mythical outer suburban tradie.”   The commentary also criticises the decision of the conservatives to run a white ultra-blokey bloke      “The biggest loser”   https://theaimn.com/the-biggest-loser/   “The was also a concerted campaign by a conservative activist group Advance, who according to Crikey, introduced a ‘new, nastier brand of politics’ in an attempt to win the Dunkley by-election for the opposition.   ...   Advance’s ultra-negativity is reasonably new to Australian politics and is a reflection of the conservative right in the USA.   ...   The biggest loser from the Dunkley by-election seems to be Advance.”      “View from The Hill: Dunkley byelection a poor result for Peter Dutton’s pitch for the outer suburbs”   https://theconversation.com/view-from-the-hill-dunkley-byelection-a-poor-result-for-peter-duttons-pitch-for-the-outer-suburbs-224933      “Dunkley shows the Liberal party’s ‘more of the same’ is not a path to government | Paul Karp | The Guardian”   https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/2024/mar/02/dunkley-shows-the-liberal-partys-more-of-the-same-is-not-a-path-to-government   This provides an excellent analysis of the campaign approaches, the vote swing and its context, and what may eventuate down the track      and despite all that,   “‘Yet another bloke’: Liberals pre-select Morrison replacement”   https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/2024/03/05/cook-preselection-simon-kennedy   “Liberals pick management consultant Simon Kennedy for Cook byelection”   https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/mar/04/liberals-pick-management-consultant-simon-kennedy-for-cook-byelection   “The party misses the chance to have a female candidate in the safe seat vacated by former prime minister Scott Morrison”         So ... is patriarchy finally experiencing a long overdue death?   
  

 

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In writing this, I have assumed / started from the following: 

• this blog states quite clearly that it is about political and human rights matters, including lived experience of problems, and thus I will assume readers are reasonable people who have noted the content warning in the post header;

Possible flaws 

Where I can, I will try to highlight possible flaws / issues you should consider:

• there may be flawed logical arguments in the above: to find out more about such flaws and thinking generally, I recommend Brendan  Myers’ free online course “Clear and Present Thinking”; 
  
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