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I think we just have a lot of faith in our institutions. We just can't believe the state would ever be used as a weapon against us because we've never experienc

I think we just have a lot of faith in our institutions. We just can't believe the state would ever be used as a weapon against us because we've never experienced large scale civil upheaval or suffered under periods of dictatorship. People rattling on about slippery slopes and abstract notions of liberty just seem a bit batty to most Australians. We have a free media, our elections are free and fair, we have routine transfers of power, minor parties are well represented in our parliaments, and we're generally free express our minds and go about our lives.

lethologica 5y ago
I’m seeing so many negative comments about Australia and yet this is the Australia that I know and love deeply. I wonder what’s causing the stark differences in view.
- octodog 5y ago
  Just different perspectives I suppose. American elections seem farcical to me but lots of Americans don't seem to agree with me.
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  - stOneskull 5y ago
    the president being partisan makes it quite a circus.
- unixhero 5y ago
  I too love Australia. I lived there for 4 years.
- brokenmachine 5y ago
  I love Australia, but the way we're headed is not the Australia that I love.
  - partomniscient 5y ago
    It's weird but to me looking back with your "Australia I love" comment, it seems Bob Hawke was the last true Australian Prime Minister.
    - unixhero 5y ago
      The last homie
- partomniscient 5y ago
  The average Australian in the past 'rode the sheeps back'. The average Australian now has the wool over their eyes and is either ignorant of it or okay with it.
partomniscient 5y ago
>We have a free media Err, we have a media which is in a symbiotic relationship with the government. I would not consider this free. There are few genuine journalists out there looking for the truth and they have little impact on the masses. The one that did (Assange) has a trial going on as I type this.
- HKH2 5y ago
  > Err, we have a media which is in a symbiotic relationship with the government. I agree. We should defund the ABC and SBS.
- scoopertrooper 5y ago
  > Err, we have a media which is in a symbiotic relationship with the government. > I would not consider this free. Some journalists will always trade independence for access. However, I'm not aware of any evidence to indicate that Australian media has been captured by the government. But frankly, you've made a pretty nebulous accusation, followed up by a conclusion that doesn't necessary follow from the premise. I'd invite you to study the recent happenings in Poland and Hungary to see what a non-free media landscape looks like. > There are few genuine journalists out there looking for the truth and they have little impact on the masses. We have a robust media that regularly holds the government to account. The main public broadcaster, in particular, puts out hard hitting journalism with broad reach. So I don't know what this 'truth' is that you think 'they' are concealing from the 'masses'. > The one that did (Assange) has a trial going on as I type this. You make this sound like Assange was arrested for reporting he did on Australia. Wikileaks never made any major disclosures about Australia. https://wikileaks.org/wiki/Category:Australia https://wikileaks.org/wiki/Category:Australia

lethologica 5y ago

I’m seeing so many negative comments about Australia and yet this is the Australia that I know and love deeply. I wonder what’s causing the stark differences in view.

octodog 5y ago
Just different perspectives I suppose. American elections seem farcical to me but lots of Americans don't seem to agree with me.
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- stOneskull 5y ago
  the president being partisan makes it quite a circus.
unixhero 5y ago
I too love Australia. I lived there for 4 years.
brokenmachine 5y ago
I love Australia, but the way we're headed is not the Australia that I love.
- partomniscient 5y ago
  It's weird but to me looking back with your "Australia I love" comment, it seems Bob Hawke was the last true Australian Prime Minister.
  - unixhero 5y ago
    The last homie
partomniscient 5y ago
The average Australian in the past 'rode the sheeps back'. The average Australian now has the wool over their eyes and is either ignorant of it or okay with it.

partomniscient 5y ago

>We have a free media Err, we have a media which is in a symbiotic relationship with the government. I would not consider this free. There are few genuine journalists out there looking for the truth and they have little impact on the masses. The one that did (Assange) has a trial going on as I type this.

HKH2 5y ago
> Err, we have a media which is in a symbiotic relationship with the government. I agree. We should defund the ABC and SBS.
scoopertrooper 5y ago
> Err, we have a media which is in a symbiotic relationship with the government. > I would not consider this free. Some journalists will always trade independence for access. However, I'm not aware of any evidence to indicate that Australian media has been captured by the government. But frankly, you've made a pretty nebulous accusation, followed up by a conclusion that doesn't necessary follow from the premise. I'd invite you to study the recent happenings in Poland and Hungary to see what a non-free media landscape looks like. > There are few genuine journalists out there looking for the truth and they have little impact on the masses. We have a robust media that regularly holds the government to account. The main public broadcaster, in particular, puts out hard hitting journalism with broad reach. So I don't know what this 'truth' is that you think 'they' are concealing from the 'masses'. > The one that did (Assange) has a trial going on as I type this. You make this sound like Assange was arrested for reporting he did on Australia. Wikileaks never made any major disclosures about Australia. https://wikileaks.org/wiki/Category:Australia https://wikileaks.org/wiki/Category:Australia