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What is it about Australia that is driving it to be so uniquely totalitarian among the English-speaking countries? I always envisioned it culturally more indiv
by bpodgursky 5y ago
What is it about Australia that is driving it to be so uniquely totalitarian among the English-speaking countries? I always envisioned it culturally more individualistic than the UK, but they've gone even farther down the path of state control and surveillance.
- atok1 5y agoIt's because AU is used as a test bed for all the really fucked up laws that the powers that be would love to pass, but can't due to significant citizen pushback and/or armed citizens.
- HKH2 5y agoIndividualism in Australia is usually about fighting social control, but that just leads to being under government control. We have fewer cultural roots so it makes the above process faster.