To be honest, we are more worried about mining companies here at the moment as they want to take the water from the enormous aquifer in central Australia that keeps most of the country surviving, and opposing tactics included jumping from bridges and hanging above rush hour traffic and punching a police horse on the nose as well as some rowdy shareholders, think BHP, Rio Tinto, Woodside, Santos, and other big international companies. The Banks were subject to a Royal Commission which recommended a lot of reforms, but guess what, our pollies in Canberra are too busy elsewhere and look the other way. Must admit the country is in a mess with legislation from the last decade only coming into effect now. I donât think even the Brits have managed that!
For those who donât know, our Aussie politicians are usually aligned to a party but are ordinary people, in the main, apart from the kids who take it on as a career choice and never do a days work in a regular job, but they are usually approachable.
I still have little or no idea of who Collective Shout are, Iâve looked at the website but they do not get much of a mention here if any at all, but they would be right up there as right wing with the New York Post and other right wing US media like News Limited. Our problem is the Alliance, made up of right wing millionaire miners who are battling climate change as they are scared of losing a bit of income.
The only way to attract more sympathy from people who would normally ignore you or even oppose you - which is parents, teachers and many singles, as well as grandparents etc - is to find common cause with them against how Visa and Mastercard operate. Then you get the numbers to make a complaint. Here in Australia Visa and Mastercard would not be able to discriminate against you as its illegal, which is probably why I havenât heard of Collective Shout. You would possibly have lawyers offering their services for free to get a chance at being involved in a case going to the High Court - our equivalent of your Supreme Court. Our States as well as the Commonwealth government have anti-discrimination legislation covering pretty much everything they can, apart from a few glaring religious gaps. That may be the way to try and stop them, but I am totally confused about your political system so I donât know how you would get anti-discrimination regulation of banks passed. Through the courts, like Roe v Wade? Presidential decree? Your legislators? Your politicians donât seem to be particularly approachable, unlike ours. You would probably have more luck identifying and approaching shareholders and getting it brought up at an AGM, or getting someone in the media to champion your cause who has connections enough to get a few Hollywood names involved. You have another three years before the next Presidential election circus to get organised.
FWIW, I donât think you could buy a lot of those rape and sex type games over here on Steam or Itch - illegal. And they are probably illegal in many other countries. Discrimination against women, among other things.
