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Between this and extreme authoritarianism relating to COVID, like killing shelter dogs to reduce human interactions (https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/0
by throwawaysea 5y ago
Between this and extreme authoritarianism relating to COVID, like killing shelter dogs to reduce human interactions (https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/08/23/australia-dogs-killed-coronavirus/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/08/23/australia-do...) and aggressively suppressing protests (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/21/world/australia/melbourne-protests-covid-restrictions.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/21/world/australia/melbourne...), Australia seems like it has become a hostile mess. It’s very strange to me as an outsider because I didn’t send a cultural capacity for authoritarianism when I’ve visited, and instead sensed a pioneering attitude. Where’s the disconnect? And why doesn’t the government fear its citizenry more given it’s a democracy?