EXCLUSIVE
An Aussie filmmaker who racked up millions of views with a series of viral videos about the housing crisis has hit back at suggestions of “hypocrisy” due to his privileged upbringing.
“I’m constantly acknowledging my privilege in every TV show I’ve been on, as a white upper middle class person,” Jack Toohey told news.com.au.
The 30-year-old went viral earlier this month — and sparked a heated response from talkback radio callers demanding an end to “boomer bashing” — with a TikTok video highlighting the differences between buying a house in 1983 and 2023.
In a follow-up last week outlining what he said was the “cause” of the crisis, Toohey agreed that people should not “squabble over which generation is to blame” and instead pointed the finger at the rise of “neoliberalism” in the 1980s leading to the sell-off of public assets and underinvestment...
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