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I really feel the loss of moral authority is much bigger risk than it seems. It creates the perfect propaganda for enemies when you criticize what they do and

• rchaud 7y ago
  The usual targets of the Australian government's finger-wagging are far past the point of caring. Maybe that's a sign that Australia can implement more of a "show, not tell" model when they talk up their implementation of democracy. The country's mining and minerals sector is heavily dependent on exports to China, while its real estate sector would wouldn't be nearly as rich as it is without foreign capital from Asia's 1%, many of whom are involved in political parties the Australian government routinely excoriates. This has been the case for a long time; it's only now that it's all out in the open.