Reposted by Rob
At some point we need to conclude that the waste, fraud and poor / bad outcomes for people is a feature, not a bug of voucher-based delivery of social services. It flows directly from the mode of economic organisation of the programs in their current forms.
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They built a business empire that cashes in on veterans. It's made millions
The companies in the VBA network have made millions turning veterans into valuable sales leads on an industrial scale.
![Lucy Hamilton, a doctoral researcher at the University of Technology Sydney and far-right expert, uses the word "co-belligerence" to describe CitizenGo's role in that ecosystem.
The word is used to describe people who fight alongside each other for a common cause, without necessarily having a formal alliance.
"There's a variety of ... Christian groups representing different faith traditions [that are] cooperating ... to drive their shared projects,
» she says.
Hamilton says such groups embrace multiple issues
- such as abortion, immigration and climate change
- to broaden out.
"Basically they're all extending their messaging to include as many factions as possible so that a group that might not be focused on abortion feels itself included. These become part of an ideological package that threatens the safety of many Australians," she says.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:svtoa36j2obowkx5ngo76hx2/bafkreigqxuq3kfgvtjt4nmstujb7u764yji3etslqajlbp3kr3oysiqrz4)
