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Over the last two weeks it seems like there's been a runaway bandwagon of people who have never been to Australia somehow getting it into their heads that it's
by iamthemonster 5y ago
Over the last two weeks it seems like there's been a runaway bandwagon of people who have never been to Australia somehow getting it into their heads that it's a totalitarian state. Mainly, this has been based on sensationalist and biased reporting, in a vicious cycle.
Of course we have a vain and ineffectual government and some overreach on privacy laws. But it's bizarre how the internet has decided that Australia is now a police state - we have all the same liberties that normal Western democracies have. For the majority of the pandemic there were essentially zero restrictions in place, and now there are temporary lockdown in place until vaccination targets are hit. What's the alternative, kill 1 in 490 of the population like other countries have?
The online hysteria over Australia has to stop, it's not rooted in reality.
- femto 5y agoThe perception partly comes about because putting the boot into the government is Australia's national sport. When Australians repeatedly rip into their government the Internet eventually starts to believe what they say. Ironically the fact that we do rip into our government is probably a sign the the fundamentals of Australian democracy are doing okay. Mind you, the Morrison government deserves every kick it gets, especially if it's a kick up the bum at the next Federal election.
- randomhodler84 5y agoIt is rooted in reality, you are inside and cannot see yourself, the frog, being boiled. It always has been a police state. They literally just introduced new laws that allow cops to modify data and without a warrant from a judge. Wake up bro!
- trompetenaccoun 5y agoIt really often is harder to notice these things when you're part of it. It's not like such systems are necessarily bad places to live initially. We have this exaggerated view of what political evil looks like based on the most excessive examples of the past. But it's more important noting the creep towards that point, once a state has gone full fascist it's too late.
- anticensor 5y ago> They literally just introduced new laws that allow cops to modify data and without a warrant from a judge. No. They introduced three types of warrants with sole purpose of modifying data.
- randomhodler84 5y agoThat only require a magistrate at the administrative tribunal. Not a judge. And they can be obtained after the fact.
- tinuviel 5y agoRemoving citizenship without providing a reason is an inhumane crime. Have some empathy and get a reality check. This is next level authoritarian shit and you seem to let it slide and call it hysteria.