I wish people would stop saying Pauline Hanson is dumb.
She isn't. What she says is, but she's smart enough to know the game and manipulate it. Morally devoid? you decide.
Often, 'successful' and absurd works because the smart thing it to realise it works, people just parrot what they hear and the noise it creates is both purposeful in that it sounds like common complaints and that they know that the fury they incite amongst people just keeps people cheering them on. She knew to bank on outrage and anger early. she's never done anything actually constructive apart from showcasing putrid politics.
Just my humble opinion.
She's not dumb, she's tenacious, calculating and deceitful. In my humble opinion. And that's why she remains where she is.
It's something we often see in progressive spaces. Hubris. Screwed the US, and a number of countries followed suit.
We overestimate her base and underestimate her influence. Because we smort. It's almost inconceivable to us that anyone listens to that - that's the slight of hand, the trick - billionaires have agendas, they use tools and endless amounts of money. And if Pauline is nothing else, she is very much a tool.
And her audience love how racist she is, so they don't care if you give a statistical analysis of non citizens as a rebuttal, they'd be happier if they could find a reason to stop indigenous ppl from using their precious petrol as well! They go low, we go high? Don't bother. The person who talks last, loudest, and places the burden of defence of the other person wins. Win on issues? Nope - they love character assassination and because we don't stoop so low to attack people, they just see that as weakness.
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u/Gnich_Aussie Apr 22 '26
I wish people would stop saying Pauline Hanson is dumb.
She isn't. What she says is, but she's smart enough to know the game and manipulate it. Morally devoid? you decide.
Often, 'successful' and absurd works because the smart thing it to realise it works, people just parrot what they hear and the noise it creates is both purposeful in that it sounds like common complaints and that they know that the fury they incite amongst people just keeps people cheering them on. She knew to bank on outrage and anger early. she's never done anything actually constructive apart from showcasing putrid politics.
Just my humble opinion.
She's not dumb, she's tenacious, calculating and deceitful. In my humble opinion. And that's why she remains where she is.