In case you missed it, Australians went to the polls on the weekend in an attempt to decide which of the two candidates for Prime Minister was likely to do the least amount of damage to the country.

In response, the Australian public delivered the first hung parliament in 70 years.

This election is notable for a number of reasons. One of the more interesting things is the complete failure of either party to offer anything approaching a vision for the future.

Back in 2007, Kevin Rudd was elected on a tide of public enthusiasm. Australia gave him a mandate to address Climate Change, apologise to the Stolen Generation, and abolish what many saw as draconian workplace relations laws.

Back then, people seemed genuinely enthusiastic about having a government that looked to be “in touch” with the voters.

Three years later and Australia was faced with two of the most bland and uninspired choices for the top job in the country imaginable. I’m not even exactly sure how it happened. Someone fell asleep at the wheel, I guess.

Come election time, on the face of it, defeating either party should have been a cakewalk.

Unfortunately both the major parties seem to have spent so much time and effort on doing just that that they neglected to focus on any type of positive message. Election fatigue quickly set in throughout most of the country

As the result unfolded during the course of election night, I put together this video. The election result screamed “downfall parody” to me.

I think Hitler got it right here.