The Media's New Little Propaganda Trick

[@friendlyjordies]

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[@valyshknee4203]

Yeeee! First! I require a award

[@LTAdventurephoto]

@@valyshknee4203 yeh what's my reward?

[@trixdahalt]

@@LTAdventurephoto half a horse

[@ken-wj3jd]

Mr friendly...as krudd calls you. First great content as always and you are a great man for what u do...but on this one your wrong in my opinion. The stage three tax cuts need to go. They will cost 54 billion or more and will only get more as time goes by...we are on a cost of living crisis and people on 200000 will get a tax cut and although people on 50 thousand will also get one as well but the little tax they get back is nothing as inflation makes it useless for these people. Regardless of it will be an election lie...they all lie..remember no cuts to sbs, ABS etc from Abbott. Just one example. If being in power and not doing something that clearly is in the national interest why be in power in the first place!!!

[@valyshknee4203]

@@ken-wj3jd reddit alert, i can smell the cheeto's

[@lukesmithreborn3023]

Because a media company chaired by a former LNP politician couldn’t possibly be biased

[@johnmuller5342]

What!!!, you mean there is actually one & I thought that was a mythical creature of legend like the Yowie

[@LokiBeckonswow]

hahaha nail in the coffin my dude, thx for saying it, the more aussies are aware of key dissonances like this, the better australia will be

[@internethardcase]

Apparently to so many people only Murdoch media is corrupt hahaha

[@GwainSagaFanChannel]

​@Sv5YpWTwd9otTA4So83fdo aussies like americans also like call everyone liberals lmao

[@Gamminn]

Smoking meth and think about sniffing assholes

[@LokiBeckonswow]

damn even seeing this kind of tax legislation coming up in politics at all is incredible 7:27 meaning that the wealthiest multi-nationals will be required to be transparent on taxes paid/dodged in the coming years? badass af, you give me hope jordies fam

[@ripvanwando]

From GRI: 'In 2017, the Global Sustainability Standards Board (GSSB), GRI's independent standard-setting body, initiated a project to develop new disclosures related to tax and payments to governments. This project aimed to help promote greater transparency on an organization’s approach to taxes... [GRI's] roots lie in the non-profit organizations CERES and the Tellus Institute, with involvement of the UN Environment Programme. The aim was to create the first accountability mechanism to ensure companies adhere to responsible environmental conduct principles, which was then broadened to include social, economic and governance issues.' and from the michael west article Jordies mentioned: "[This] legislation follows the reporting requirements in the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Tax Standard, which will ensure that the information revealed is complete, meaningful and standardised. GRI reporting on other topics is already used by a majority of large corporations and supported by global investors and other stakeholders. Jason Ward, Principal Analyst, CICTAR (Centre for International Corporate Tax Accountability & Research), says: “The Australian government is showing global leadership by introducing public country-by-country reporting for multinationals. This move will increase transparency and accountability and shine a bright light on where and how multinationals shift profits to avoid the obligation to help fund essential public services and infrastructure around the world.” According to experts, this means that everyone, everywhere, will have access to the same information on how multinationals arrange tax affairs, including governments in low-income countries, shareholders, journalists, workers and campaigners. "Exposure of current practices will encourage an end to abusive tax schemes everywhere. We are confident that the government has the votes to easily pass this landmark legislation, for implementation beginning 1 July, which will begin to level the playing field for all businesses that already pay a fair share and contribute to the communities where profits are generated,” Ward says. Take from that what you will. It definitely shows globally leading initiative from Labor in moving on it the way they have. More good work from the Albanese gov. If we're talking credit for this specific policy, I'd also say the decades of efforts by NGOs, Intl Orgs and policy advocacy groups had a bit to do with it.

[@ripvanwando]

Also that Michael West article had an interesting comment on propaganda aimed at forward thinking reformists: "Greens leader Adam Bandt is about to ramp up demands for a tax overhaul this week to apply the PRRT to onshore gas projects and apply a 10% royalty on offshore projects to raise an extra $30bn in revenue. If the recent hysterics are any guide then, we can expect rhetoric from the gas lobby and its PR peons in the fossil media about Bandt and the Greens taking Australia back to the Ice Age. Especially if Labor were to embrace Adam Bandt’s plan to wipe out the gas giants’ carried forward tax credits. But something has to be done. Not only are the immense profits from gas been ripped offshore but households and businesses are being smashed by price gouging while these corporations pay less per dollar of tax than any other sector."

[@LokiBeckonswow]

@@ripvanwando epic info dude thx so much for sharing! please keep sharing this info everywhere, so damn important! 🙌

[@DavidBirdMcbride]

I have to say that FJs are actually changing my view on Labor, and the media. Normally people don’t change their views because of media (myself included), so that is quite an accomplishment. Cracking down on tax evasion is one of the biggest challenges in Govt. The fact that the ALP have started but it got no coverage indicates that we have big problems in this country. Thank you FJ for this video. Like University of Truth

[@rtmpgt]

In all honesty, the reason why the Media didn't cover it is for the same reasons as to why we got the wrong idea from the media about your case. You were right to whistle blow about war crimes that our soldiers may have done in Afghanistan. That does indeed deserve some merit and should be investigated, Instead what we have is the media siding with the state and attacking you for even daring to question the idea that soldiers may do some fucked shit when in a battlefield. Likewise on this front. Jords gets hounded by the press and other powerful figures for dare calling Labor a good party, when the entire apparatus of the media is to cover up the fact that the Liberals and Greens are nothing more than thorns in the sides of progress. We went to war in Afghanistan for the purposes of serving billionaires, the media is almost always at the beck and call of said billionaires. Labor as a party, finds ways to make them reasonably pay without rocking the boat. That's some absolute judo boss shit if you ask me.

[@Jake_Hamlin]

Wait until you understand that bias can go both ways and it becomes impossible to ignore the shill aspect of this channel. Cannot wait for friendlyjordies to make videos on environmental lockdowns and technocratic reforms such as carbon aligned CBDCs.

[@LittleMan2300]

Good onya David

[@FionaOfMountLawley]

Recently another KZbin channel uploaded an analysis of corporate greenwashing. One of the points which was emphasised was the use of carbon sequestration as a tax deduction through carbon tax credits by oil companies who then use *the exact same gases* in a process called enhanced oil recovery. This involves pumping them under pressure back into oil fields to wring every last drop they can from wells which are nearing the end of commercial viability. The gas (which the company has already claimed for tax purposes as captured and stored) then escapes through old well-shafts and exploratory bores in the same oilfield. So they've in effect released it all again. They claim that it gets trapped below ground and can't find its way back up to the surface again, but the evidence doesn't support that at all. To the contrary, it's all blasted straight back out until a natural equilibrium re-establishes itself and the voids where the oil was return to the same gas pressure which would normally occur at that depth. There doesn't even have to be any other man made holes into the oil-field, the gas will escape as readily through naturally occurring fissures in the rock. The problem is that in the United States the companies are only required to furnish figures about emissions reduced as a result of money spent by the company. So they get to claim back everything they spent on plant, facilities, payroll and promotional outlays in relation to carbon reduction. They spend *a lot* on ads. There's no uniformly enforced monitoring system in place. About 90% of carbon tax credits are paid out in the absence of any kind of verification, since the companies claiming them refuse to submit any kind of plan for measurement of their emissions reduction. Due to the regulatory capture of the EPA, the government doesn't make them do that. They get to claim for whatever they feel they've done to limit impacts, no questions asked. Carbon credits turned the United States Treasury into a corporate slush fund, is what I'm saying. Unrelated to the previous oil company example, Tesla is currently receiving more income from carbon credits than it is from vehicle sales, according to its mandatory public filings.

[@lisasteel6817]

Yeah it’s all a con.

[@corneliusmaze-eye2459]

Yes, this is definitely something I've had to be wary of. I'm doing a project that focusing on the positive action being done on climate change, but it's really difficult to find genuine stuff.

[@FionaOfMountLawley]

@@corneliusmaze-eye2459 kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5Lch56sh5aMkJI

[@zacharybos4230]

Can I get a source for that video big man?

[@desmondo7042]

stop the rorts, smaii & large

[@thelizardqueen9541]

I remember getting banned from r/Australia because FJ scares the mods I'm still banned

[@Sk1m_Beeble]

Dude, used to be on reddit and r/anyfuckingcity or Australia were all solid contributors to my inability to stop saying retard.

[@CRCinAU]

I got banned from /r/Australia for saying that Darwin has problems with aboriginal crime.... Despite that on my last 3 visits, there had been a student murdered in his bed, a bottle shop worker attacked and killed, a woman stabbed just up the road from my hotel, and the cab driver bashed and robbed the day before I arrived with no police or ambulance attending in over 2 hours afterwards... So yeah, reality is, its all about creating and maintaining an echo-chamber - then banning anyone who threatens that view. Fuck the /r/Australia mods.... They're morons - but too inbred to realise it.

[@BTechUnited]

Not missing out on much. It's an absolute crapshoot there.

[@k2cr]

footjoy?

[@My_Old_YT_Account]

It's not just a single sub problem, it's the whole site, most subs are controlled by powermods that ban anyone they don't like

[@EunoiaRPG]

I honestly did miss this change. Thanks for giving it the light, Mr. Friendly

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[@vladimirglutentag1469]

I actually had no idea this tax crackdown was happening, thank you for shedding light on that! I need to go do some reading now

[@QoStoOds]

Every outlet performs some form of journalism from time to time. It's sifting through all the shit that makes them hard to find.

[@guytuba4768]

Like John West of media

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[@fakesnames3451]

Yeah like smh's most recent article on wreck bay is quite good

[@jansenbrown3435]

Yes but Australian press is insanely bad.. either super biased or produces garbage reporting or completely ignores big stories..

[@BigHenFor]

Journalism has quality. You're surrounded by journalism, but there's sewage in it. Or more accurately, it's like drinking water in London. It's been through someone's mental filters several times, by the time you get it. Journalism should be seen as a source of data (unprocessed water) and information (grey water - useful for the garden, but not for drinking), but NOT as a source of knowledge (100% clean and safe to drink water). You cannot know everything what's going on by relying on journalism alone, because it is a commodity, controlled by powerful people, who have their own agendas. And it's whether their agenda is helpful to you or not, that is the key.

[@TihetrisWeathersby]

Jordan's Aussie humor keeps me entertained

[@rtmpgt]

I mean you know if the content's based when you're in the comment section mate. I see you on Hasan's vids all the time :D

[@fungoose2195]

patsy

[@baabaabaa2293]

Biscoe

[@traincore1955]

His accent leaves me genuinely confused and no idea what he is ever talking about

[@ralkia]

ill translate for you, in this video he said hUUUUUURRRR KOALA KOALA KOALA CASHIES CASHIES lmao

[@Lurtz_s]

Remember boys, a parties position on a political compass has very little impact on competent governance.

[@HaveanOreshnik]

Political parties do not care, they just want to divide and control

[@rtmpgt]

Singapore's PM is right wing as fuck and yet look at that place. It's urbanist heaven. It's solarpunk by day and cyberpunk by night.

[@themudpit621]

Are you implying girls always remember this and therefore don't need reminding?

[@discipleofdagon8195]

I mean... yeah but some forms of governance are more prone to competency than others. Like sure, you can have a competent excelerationist government but don't those guys actively want to fuck shit up?

[@Endelite]

@@themudpit621 I think he's implying it'd be all boys watching this (more likely in reality just mostly boys).

[@ABDuck88]

Keep bringing this stuff to light. It gives me hope for Australia yet

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[@matty_isthemotto]

Slowly but surely

[@djvoid1]

All the publications that have suddenly miraculously grown a social conscience since 2022... amazing stuff

[@richardhansem]

The AbroadInJapan shout out was a crossover I never expected

[@SeranaTheStudent]

I love that Abroad in Japan gets a mention when Chris probably has no idea who friendly jordies is.

[@MichaelRonnfeldt]

The part I’m missing is Albo stating that these new corporate tax rules will give more revenue then stage 3 tax cuts.

[@rtmpgt]

Yep, especially the ones surrounding closing international tax loopholes. That's a HUGE one.

[@Simon.the.Likeable]

Bad luck PWC were spruiking the backdoors to the corporations before the legislation was passed.

[@lachychops2]

Pass it then promote it i guess

[@man.inblack]

@@lachychops2 to pass it they need an educated electorate or the herd will be lead by the millionaires media.

[@corneliusmaze-eye2459]

@@lachychops2 How? The media doesn't attend 'that' press conference, and if they do, their first question is, "what about stage 3 tax cuts?"

[@Slade51463]

That Bunnings/Greens ad needs to be released as a separate video.

[@TheLoneBards]

The quickest way Labor could shut the greens out would be to adopt their one, unreservedly good, immediately implementable policy. Raise Jobseeker and rent assistance so that disabled jobseekers aren't living out of their cars or tents. For everything good Labor might do, when they keep getting up in front of the media bragging how they're "Helping those who need it most" they're opening a pretty huge door for criticism while they decide to keep the jobseeker rate at 60% of the poverty line. You love to point out the good the NDIS has done, well, Around 40% of long term jobseekers have some form of disability, usually unable to be treated with their lack of resources, because sometimes things are complicated, or someone just falls through the cracks of a system. So long as they act like that, they might as well be asking the media to go get a statement from the greens. Hell even the malevolent spud can figure out how to take shots at them for that in between whatever incoherent shit he's spewing about nuclear power or elitist indigenous groups. Years back you did a video on the auwu and how the unemployed and disadvantaged deserved better... Well, you have one of the largest platforms in the country. We could really use someone to step up and fill that role right about now.. You've said you are willing to criticise the Labor party when it's valid, well, when it decides it can find the spare cash for a football stadium but not to lift people out of poverty, while telling us we should be happy we get an extra $2 a day while we're being evicted and living off of food banks...

[@ruthmetcalf4709]

Federal Labor should be listening to the majority of Tasmanians who do NOT want a stadium. The millions they've pledged for that comes out of funds for infrastructure previously pledged. Infrastructure that IS needed.

[@joseppi78]

Honestly, Labor should raise the tax on all the big outlets to 45% of their profits just out of spite on how shit they are at reporting. How can a government that gets globally praised for their policies get scrutinised so heavily in the country that it governs. As always, excellent reporting Jordies, I love your vids ❤

[@sfdntk]

Why stop at 45%, make it 100% and nationalise the pricks.

[@themudpit621]

nothing wrong with scrutiny, bring it on. It's skewtiny that's the problem.

[@midgetwars1]

You don't want the media scrutinising the government? The whole problem with the press is that they didn't when the Libs were in. It's not a problem of scrutiny, it's a problem with the impartial reporting. Nobody likes it when a press only focuses on one party either in criticism or love. Same with FJ.

[@rtmpgt]

@@midgetwars1 So go read other media for said criticism then. All media is propaganda.

[@Spacenugget9]

Your take is not good; the reason overseas media has a different take to local is that overseas doesn’t see the whole picture, only the nice stuff deliberately targeted at them. Over in NZ we had a similar problem as Jacinda Ardern was the world’s darling but was appearing more and more condescending and patronising to her opponents and also had stuff all good policies.

[@msidiotbox2570]

The significant difference between the ALP's 2019 election policy to can the S3 tax cuts and now is a drastically worse national and global economy. To doggedly adhere to an election promise, i.e. not getting rid of the S3 tax cuts when the economic environment is vastly different is mad. IMO the ALP would be forgiven if, in future, they drop them.

[@moodynoob]

They could swap the tax cuts by instead increasing the tax free threshold. There's more productive ways of doing this.

[@Idpancakethat]

Weekend Sunrise is just a show that promotes as seen on tv crap. Wait, that's Sunrise every day.

[@TihetrisWeathersby]

A lot of Redditors are mentally stunted

[@LGPanthers1]

*All* of

[@natieklopper]

You spelled "All" wrong 😂

[@HaveanOreshnik]

All of them, especially the pro ukrainians, you know how many 'slaughter all Russian children' comments I seen, it's so bizarre and gruesome

[@cement_eater]

something something this guy’s dead wife edit: thanks for the gold kind stranger!!!!1!1!

[@itookallthenames]

This and only This

[@Clbull118]

As a Brit and a Redditor, you nailed our community.

[@andrewmcgalliard8987]

👍 Ahh, the irony of KZbin interrupting this video with an ad for the Sydney Morning Herald - and its fashion coverage!

[@gkiourtis]

Jordan talking about Chris Broad in a video is the crossover I never knew I needed until I saw it...

[@invictus5566]

Abroad in Japan + Friendlyjordies crossover was unexpected but welcome.

[@Fredgeorge10]

Jordies is now only two degrees of separation from Trash Taste. Everything's coming up Millhouse!

[@aremayo9262]

@@Fredgeorge10 Jordie can talk about made in abyss with the boys

[@theexerciseedit3147]

Jordan doesn't tell me what to think. He tells me what to tell other people about.

[@Pikachuness]

Insane that for something so big (CITAR) I was informed by a youtuber. Media bias at its finest.

[@blindoutlaw]

This warhammer channel has really gone off the rails 😂

[@AnnQlder]

More than 6 minutes in and Jordan says he’s going to get straight to the point 😂😂😂

[@TheTimeBinder47]

9:09 was fucking hilarious 😂 "we'll beat it by 32%" What a good Bunnings parody

[@natieklopper]

Mmm...finally I understand why I keep getting banned from reddit, even right after creating a new account without posting. Thanks uncle Jordan!

[@HaveanOreshnik]

I got banned from a Pro-Ukrainian Reddit Thread, felt much better

[@benhudson4014]

I'm banned from every echo chamber there, thank God!

[@heetheet75]

@@HaveanOreshnik vatniks get the rope

[@potapotapotapotapotapota]

only subreddit I never got banned from was r/AusFinance

[@hollypeniche_]

A friendlyjordies video was the last place I was expecting an abroad in Japan reference

[@infeedel7706]

Great to see you on the comeback JS. Enjoyed your show in Radelaide and appreciated a youngster who cares about history, my young uni student son loved the show too. Keep it up mate. (From a boomer :P)

[@mcspud]

That 4:00 "ummmm actually..." is so beautifully perfect.

[@liamconlon4375]

My problem with your views on the Labor party isn't that you don't critique them enough - you have your views and we watch you for your perspective, so whatever. It's more that you don't seem to have *any* critique of them at all. Like, you can support Labor and still offer a vision for how they could improve. You almost always advocate for anything they're currently doing, and then when they change their direction you advocate for the change in direction too. You literally do it with the tax cuts - assuming "the electorate didn't want it" rather than Shorten not being a good campaigner and not doing enough to counter Murdoch media narratives. It's fine if you genuinely believe whatever the Labor party is currently in favour of, but don't have a cry when people point that out as a bit of a weak point in your analysis.

[@cirtainrod9492]

Labor in qld loosened the youth crime laws to the point that young teenage criminals are committing murder and getting away with it.

[@liamconlon4375]

@@cirtainrod9492 gonna have to ask for a source on that claim 🤣

[@rtmpgt]

Fuck sake go read the Saturday Paper, Plenty of labor critical articles there lmao

[@liamconlon4375]

@@rtmpgt It's not just about being critical of particular things Labor does (the Saturday paper is trash). It's about having an understanding of what the party is and whose interests it serves and how we as Labor members and supporters can get it to better represent the interests of the working class here in Australia. Jordies doesn't seem to have a perspective on this. His perspective is often "whatever Labor is doing right now is good". That's not really a useful perspective to have or good enough for someone with the massive platform he has.

[@dylanshuter1521]

@@rtmpgt smartest Friendly Jordies fan

[@Pankly]

That Futurama Dog ep goes crazy hard.

[@themudpit621]

Im still emotionally scarred from it. Every time people bring it up I relive the trauma.

[@lisasteel6817]

The only episode I cried in. Bastards.

[@paynelesor3940]

finally caught a fresh one

[@reubenvb]

High inflation means we should probably can or at least delay the Stage 3 Tax Cuts. Labor has the power and political capital to do this if they want.

[@tarfpv9626]

WOOOOO! ANOTHER FRIENDLYJORDIES VIDEO! Let's fucking goooo!! Seriously, though, you guys have been absolute media machines recently with the amount of videos you have been putting out. Keep up the great work, guys. ❤❤

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[@DunnageGoblin]

Jordie looks like the Homelander of news anchors.

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[@djblc2201]

He needs a cape

[@kizmetmars]

Pouty and has mummy issues?

[@thenamescarter8279]

​@@kizmetmars nah kills liberals and promotes muh straya

[@itsyaboyrigby7852]

Needed a video like this, sucks how the media hides all the good work Labour is doing

[@robbrewer2036]

According to news Corp labor even to blame if their cat has kittens.

[@foodandmoney]

This is the first I've heard about CICTAR, GRI 207, etc and I have to say I couldn't be happier with this news. Exciting to think that Australia may be one of the first countries to bring in MANDATORY CbCR instead of the pissweak voluntary CbC tax reporting. The idea of 'voluntary tax reporting' for multinationals is next-level ridiculousness.

[@rikdownunda]

I physically applauded the Joe Rogan joke. rofl. I could listen to an hour of you just showing a hairless chimp with Joe's voice dubbed in. hahahaha

[@natieklopper]

Could be a new channel!

[@702million7]

@@natieklopper It could be Joe Rogan's channel

[@DarksLive2D]

I've never been to Australia or understand what's going on but enjoy listening to friendlyjordies spit facts.

[@markcoroneos7811]

Most of us here dont really understand what tf is going on either 😅

[@idunwantmynamehere]

Canadian here, barely left my own time zone 😅

[@DCWoLFLOL]

@@idunwantmynamehere Main steam media is a scam, join your union

[@cooked.gaming]

@@DCWoLFLOL or dont 🤣 many of the unions worsen situations hahaha

[@jackrabbit1704]

Parties that currently be, are bad, and they use a lot of propoganda and emotional false flags to fuel non-existent issues. Only to pretend to be the savior, all the while conning their people behind closed doors while doing so.

[@henchest]

I don’t even live in Australia but this is my number 1 news source for aussieland

[@Rhythmattica]

And as of now, I shall refer to you as Kevo. onya mate.

[@weevil_bob]

Um aussieland land is a misnomer it's actually aussieworld

[@Gamminn]

Yeah Kev all we like to do here is smoke meth play slot machines and lick assholes hot chick asshole

[@henchest]

@@Rhythmattica I’m honoured

[@Rhythmattica]

@@henchest No worries Kevo! Beers and cheers from 'Straya

[@concussed_9532]

Can you imagine if the press gave up on the LNP for this election in favour of the Greens just because of how bad they looked after the last election? And if this happens, what if the greens becomes the opposition, or even wins the election? It'd be history.

[@spud2576]

That would be pretty ideal honestly. A Labour & Greens plurality, with the Greens wanting crazy (but populist) reforms and Labour proposing more electorate (and business/international) friendly versions of those that actually get done? Sounds fine to me!

[@benjaminfranklin329]

That would be horrifying... Sure there's been the odd green party person, but as a collective they're completely disfunctional

[@palatasikuntheyoutubecomme2046]

@@spud2576 Can't even spell the major party properly

[@moodynoob]

Greens have some bold policy and some really crazy policy, but to be honest, after a decade of policy atrophy and Labor being overly cautious, I wouldn't mind risking some crazy for some bold policy.

[@psieonic]

I thought that was the point made in the video? Now that the Liberals don't have the power to keep Labor out, the media is bringing people's attention to the Greens. The key take away is that the reason they're pushing Greens is to undermine Labor and make them look bad.

[@MichaelRobertSnow]

JORDIES! Jordan Shanks! This has gone on long enough! You MUST get a Warhammer 40k tattoo! You promised at 1 million subs! I demand it!

[@desperado3236]

I mean, ive never heard about it but...yeah! Doooo eeeet! The peoples demands eet!!1!

[@pandora8610]

Did he though? As far as I'm aware, he promised a 40k tattoo, but never specifically said *he* was the one getting it. Just something like "Warhammer 40k tattoo at 1 million subs". Not "I'll get a ..." So he could technically fulfill the promise by *giving* someone a 40k tattoo. Which could be a pretty fun video too.

[@Josham101]

I wish Jordan would put sources in the description - you can always look things up of course but it would be so much quicker to read the articles hes citing

[@stevedavis2473]

This is why I don't watch read or listen to the news. It's either bad news or lies.

[@HaveanOreshnik]

Hope you don't believe that Pro Ukrainian bullshit too

[@ribosomerocker]

why not both

[@stevedavis2473]

@ribosomerocker it is both sometimes

[@andrewditton7226]

Like the horse-punch guy who had his charges dropped. 🤔 Jordies did fall for than one though and by extension, so did his viewers.

[@theangel666100]

You probably should read the news, just do it with a heaping spoon of salt.

[@aussiejezza]

5:38 Me: Because he's dead 5:39 Jordies: Because he's dead

[@frenzalrhomb6919]

Not dead, just burnt to a crisp!! 🔥

[@LokiBeckonswow]

hey fam, are the sources for this stuff still on jordies website? rly wish they were right here in the vid description, we need to be able to verify these sources cos I had no idea the EU was introducing a cbcr and that's badass af - can research myself, would prefer for sources to become a normal part of video descriptions

[@thecameronator]

Fancy seeing you here... Also, I agree.

[@LokiBeckonswow]

@@thecameronator haha are we frens irl my dude? :P

[@taravills]

oh my god, abroad in japan and friendlyjordies collide

[@genericname1234]

That's cool and everything, but we want to see your promised million subscriber W40K tattoo. It's time to hold Friendly Jordies to account.

[@PepsiMaxVanilla]

"the greens should make their slogan 'ummm actually...'" LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOO 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

[@nightmarepenguin2370]

I'm sure there are some Australian redditors that are spewing bullshit but... As a citizen of Adelaide, I must say that r/Adelaide is just old people saying, "How do kids walk around on a 10 degree winter's morning wearing just a jacket and SHORTS? THEY MUST BE COLD, RIGHT?" And posts going something like, "Oi, bored and wanna fight. Anyone, any age. meet me at the balls in 30 mins." I am not the most diligent browser of that sub, but I have definitely seen both of those posts at least once. I can only assume there have been more fight requests and attempted drug deals. Speaking of which, worst posts on Australian state subreddits would be a great video. Some of them are quite boring, especially the ones for bigger cities, but Adelaide's is pretty much a smaller, simulated Adelaide. Make of that what you will.

[@zachcooper6236]

Ayyyy nice to see a shoutout for Abroad in Japan. I'm definitely focusing on the right part of this video.

[@logtreeandtea768]

Last time I overdosed on red pills I was in the hospital :/

[@WordoftheElderGods]

Ya ba is wild

[@itookallthenames]

A lot of red pilled folk ended up the same, but not for the same reasons

[@MrBrindleStyle]

Price Watercloset Cooper - passed on confidential information regarding new tax law for multinationals, to their clients. So they can continued to dodge taxes.

[@robynuwu1631]

People voted for the greens and the greens hold a balance of power - that tends to suggest that Labor should at least attempt to find compromise with their position? Also, claiming that voters didn't want things in the last election, while very fair, ignores the massive new changes and pressures on Australia. Yes, big media are using the greens as a wedge for anti-labor sentiment, but Labor isn't helping itself on that front either.

[@erie7728]

1:56 is LITERALLY an old photo of my boyfriend in his old room that got popular on reddit ages ago 😭😭 help.

[@benjaminstreet9160]

Thankyou for your hard work Friendly Jordies and staff. Take care ]

[@90emmah]

Woo!! Didn’t know about this policy finally something is being done. Thanks Friendlyjordies for being my news source 😂🙌

[@Basicallyimjesus]

Now I hope the next Video of Journey Across Japan features Jordan Shanks

[@marchofdissonance]

"break a promise to your constituents" meaning less 4 per cent of taxpayers. They'll be fine.

[@zigaraf3787]

that Bunnings Wearhouse joke!!!! 🤣😂🤣

[@ahkira1041]

Abroad in japan has to be one of the very lucky few that actually managed to emigrate to japan. That's a tough guy in a way

[@ahkira1041]

I meant*, that most immigrants aren't well recieved for long periods of time but he actually looks like he found happiness there.

[@culturebreath369]

We need people like you in the US. Noone has the balls and skill to do this here and not be one sided. 😢

[@rais1953]

Jordies is one sided, he'd be insulted if you called him even handed. He's strictly pro Labor Party, no time for the Greens who are generally considered left of Labor. And he holds the conservative Coalition parties in the contempt the voters have recently shown them.

[@Elemblue2]

@@rais1953 Dude is clearly just "Competant governance" and has realized theres only one really good option. Thats better than most places, which have zero.

[@TheGrumbliestPuppy]

There are people like that in the US. The issue is that very few people listen to them. The big corporate media gets the most views, And the people who get fed up with them often don’t know how to discern credible news outlets and thus go to the most extreme partisan indy websites. The credible choices are seen as “boring”, such as Reuters and NPR.

[@rais1953]

@@TheGrumbliestPuppy Jordies' subscription numbers are remarkable, over a million in an Australian population of 26m and his coverage is mostly of his home state which only has about 8m.

[@culturebreath369]

Keys words in my comment: "need people like" didn't say "need him" big different. And sadly yes most of America doesn't listen and apply.

[@SkyHighSkylar]

The Redditor was too stunned to speak

[@roidzmaster525]

has anyone noticed how Jordie is dumping on the Greens more and more recently.

[@psieonic]

Yes, but the reason why is important. Kinda the point of the video. The Greens are being propped up by the media as an exemplary as a means to discredit and undermine Labor, because it benefits LibNats. The media cherry picks what it wants people to hear about to that end. Garuntee as soon as it suits them, the media would paint the Greens as insane hippies instead.

[@KevKavanagh]

I guess they haven't noticed the Kick Me Jordies signs stuck on their backs.

[@lisasteel6817]

Well, after a year in office for Labor and a year dealing with them and their nonsense, I guess it’s getting to him.

[@mycodingchannel9690]

Because greens will be the opposition in no time and the Communist party on the 3rd 😂

[@hufass]

well he is a self admitted labour shill, I just wish he would criticise every party equally.

[@jaydenstorace3218]

I don't think I'll ever be able to listen to Adam Bandt again without hearing the Bunnings theme song in my head

[@jordanashcroft738]

So glad you made this been arguing with that cesspit longer then I care to admit.

[@99Plastics]

You're part of it lol

[@jordanashcroft738]

@@99Plastics yes yes I am, I got reddit when the Ukraine war started because this was the first war we could follow since Vietnam. Noticed there was a friendlyjordies group and they just sit there and bitch about wording and about how great the greens are. Nothing like the Facebook group that drove in the elections. This annoyed me. My frustrations have been vented by this glorious video.

[@jacksonbalazsy428]

Not the channel I expected to ever see an Abroad in Japan reference lol

[@lvforbezi7488]

Cheers Jordan for giving me more books to add to the reading list, should do a full video with some on the second channel And I'm not gonna lie, I was one of those people who was starting to see Labor as compromising or reaching across the bench on policies and thought the greens was a way to keep them in check and compromise further to the left as opposed to further to the right. But yeah nah not anymore, I can see how they're hurting the progress.

[@calko248]

i did not expect an abroad in japan reference in this one

[@conza1989]

Thejuicemedia should have you on their podcast, that'd be a great conversation

[@ComradeJehannum]

Nah, Thejuice"media" are just a bunch of greens cucks.

[@dazaspc]

I think they are just way to green for that.

[@huwguyver4208]

​@@dazaspc idk they had Jordies as a guest on one of their Honest Government Ads.

[@JustSomeGuy9J6]

​@@huwguyver4208 which one?

[@warney91warne44]

Because Jordan would make them look stoopid by constantly attacking their base, greens voters.

[@unktheunk1428]

Wonder how much the extra transparency could help other countries in their tax enforcement, like giving another unofficial channel to tax agents to see if the numbers they're being given smell right.

[@TwoTonePictures]

Imagine if FJ could go on regular TV and get this stuff out to all Australians on how brainwashed and manipulated they are.

[@dmaifred]

i can imagine him on the old abc(australian) chaser.

[@andrewkieu2214]

He should do it

[@christinarose3002]

In the words of Rutger Bregman ‘’Just stop talking about philanthropy and start talking about taxes. … We can invite Bono once more, but we’ve got to be talking about taxes. That’s it. Taxes, taxes, taxes. All the rest is bullshit in my opinion.’’

[@Oppetsismiimsitsitc]

As a /r/friendlyjordies regular, I agree!

[@nicozimmermann8672]

I never even heard or red about the CbCR thing in the EU and i´m part of a EU country. It´s astonishing how they just ton´t report on such big changes and crackdowns on tax evasion. In Germany alone you could get the state arounnd 100B€ per year if you stop the tax evasion from big corporations and highly wealthy familys and individuals. But no the media tells you "those darn immigrants will cost us tax money" (which is like 2,5% for social services all around btw)

[@kolbyhunt4434]

Man why is anyone still watching any mainstream media

[@archkral]

FJ, thanks for posting top-tier videos consistently. Hope to support you soon!

[@macksii]

thank you i love propaganda, many people hear the word and think about old ww2 propaganda posters but not the topics radios would talk about

[@petemellows]

At the pace you take with all the references, it might be worth putting some links to some articles so we can check them out for ourselves.

[@bevcd3625]

Thanks Friendly Jordies for keeping me informed. A concerned boomer.

[@HaveanOreshnik]

Are you from Australia friend?

[@bevcd3625]

@@HaveanOreshnik Bloody oath mate.

[@HaveanOreshnik]

@@bevcd3625 I am from Russia, been having a bloody oath to a motherland for the past 2 centuries

[@Someone-uh7ib]

I’ve listened to “Greens Warehouse!” Over 10x times 😂😂

[@jayclark8284]

Povo Patreon supporter here...if you won't do an expose on the fraudulent marine science agenda at JCU, at least go get the cops who tasered nana last weekend🙏

[@coasterblocks3420]

What fraudulent marine science agenda might that be?

[@eternity8811]

"She was armed and hostile bruh"😂😂

[@shyguy3694]

seeing abroadinjapan referenced in a jordies video was not on my bingo card

[@mrfrenly.wowwww]

GREENS WAREHOUSE. Love you Jordies, keep going hard my dude.

[@Whitewingdevil]

Nice Abroad in Japan reference :P I also happen to enjoy your journalism, but I also enjoy your humor, though I can see why some people would find it grating.

[@dotsmassacre]

Also, it encourages compartmentalisation of interests... which makes dealing with businesses, infinitely more difficult. Because of the daisy cutting effect.

[@derivious2012]

albo made 64 promises when he started his campaign, 1 year in he has achieved 18 of them, has 40 in progress and has 6 stalled by opposition. none broken to date, seems like a good pill to swallow to me.

[@KevKavanagh]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🤘

[@midgetwars1]

Since when did FJ care so much about how important a piece of policy was to the public? Isn't his goal to change minds? Otherwise, Bruz and Gladys would still be in power because the voters liked them so much (somehow). Labor keeping bad policy just because the voters liked it is not a good reason not to criticise it.

[@PandaKnight52]

It's pointing out the hypocrisy of not backing Labor against the taxs cuts when they where legislated. We also have a full year to go before they are implemented. Also don't make the mistake of thinking they will add money to the budget, it is already in the budget. It just won't be if they go through.

[@joelanderson4899]

Labor promised not to implement these specific policies last election. Are you suggesting that they just turn around and do the right thing regardless?

[@midgetwars1]

@@PandaKnight52 If you're a left leaning entity, i.e. Greens and FJ criticising shit policy is normal. Like I said, since when did we care what the parties promised? Should we not have criticised Bruz and Gladys for killing Koalas even though that's kinda what they do and said they would do the all the elections they got voted in for.

[@midgetwars1]

@@joelanderson4899 I'm suggesting you're allowed to express disappointment in the actions of the Labor party no matter what they promised. It's not a damn football team, you're supposed to hold them accountable to your views. Otherwise, what's the point of politics at all?

[@jacobcarr8194]

Didn't expect to see you reference abroad in Japan but hey, glad to see you're a fan

[@shiftyifrit1659]

It just hit me that Jordan looks a lot like the troll face guy but younger. Man I can't wait to see him at 50, just to be sure.

[@humblebird]

with all the enemies he's making/made i hope he can successfully make it to 50 LOL

[@shiftyifrit1659]

@@humblebird LMAO good point. Someone help to keep this bloke alive!

[@local9]

UKs primary reason (the political party in power at the time feared it) to leave the EU I personally believe was the declaration of income and taxes including the tax haven money, they wanted to stay in their tax havens and now would love to become one, and the EU didn't even go through with it. Wow.

[@HaveanOreshnik]

.....and now look at the UK....cost of living rising, inflation rising, shortages of nursing staff, strikes, monye possibly being laundered in Ukraine, proxy war and world war 3

[@cirtainrod9492]

I thought it was about soveriegnty and how they controlled their immigration policy.

[@rtmpgt]

London is indeed the Money Laundering capital of the world... Should be called Laund-on tbh

[@eaofdeath187]

I'm still voting Greens #1 next election because they want to end negative gearing, Labor will of course be #2 and Libs last.

[@CRCinAU]

So you want to cut the supply of housing to the rental market? That's a bold move Cotton, lets see how it plays out....

[@ravenriver8267]

@@CRCinAU fuck all supply as it is mate

[@rtmpgt]

Yes but the public does not want to end negative gearing... Keep getting unelected.

[@waterunderthefridge6058]

We need you to shine a light on the HECS indexing situation and the overall state of the university sector in Australia

[@jb5465]

Jordie I would really like to hear ur thoughts on the voice referendum

[@MothyEmms]

He's pro-voice I believe