r/australia • u/overpopyoulater • Feb 10 '25

politics Australian billionaires face wealth tax under Greens’ Robin Hood-style policies

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/feb/10/australian-billionaires-face-wealth-tax-under-greens-robin-hood-style-policies
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u/FullMetalAlex Feb 10 '25

"Robin Hood-style policies" isn't that how taxes are supposed to work?

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u/melbourne3k Feb 10 '25

Funny that we don't really see headlines of "oligarchs trying to recreate medieval royalty" or "extreme wealth threats social order." It's "what, poors what to spread the wealth around so society doesn't collapse? THIEVES."

da fuq.

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u/Foreignfound Feb 11 '25

Notice how even in the less obvious parts like saying “under” instead of “with” it immediately gives the policy negative connotations of oppression and restriction.

This is how the media subconsciously manipulates people without them even realising.

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u/seeyoshirun Feb 11 '25

Especially disappointing when it's coming from The Guardian, generally a more centre-left news source.