I fear a tsunami is coming and it will sweep away the Labor government and possibly remove the Greens from balance of power position and many on the left will scratch their heads and say “why”? That’s an awful the lack of self-awareness. It is not limited to the Greens; Labor and the Libs are also prone to the same blindness. The tsunami is the resentment and alienation felt by so many, especially the working class. It is not fascism. Many people, especially those in outer suburbs and regional areas are suffering financial hardship, lack of services and bureaucratic authoritarianism. They could probably put up with all this but, on top of that, they perceive that an elite - the professional/managerial class - has all the economic and political clout that they lack and a woke culture they despise. There are probably other aspects to this uprising I haven’t mentioned and that a political sociologist should investigate but those factors I have mentioned, on their own, go a long way to explaining why One Nation, on 31% is the most popular party in the country. Dissatisfied Australians are flocking out of the major parties to One Nation, not the Greens. Why is that? It is not Gina Reinhardt and Murdoch. One Nation has been the repository of every major resentment in the country and I fear their rise hasn’t finished yet. After this is all over the left of politics is going to have to do some serious reflection.