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As an Australian I respectfully disagree with you and agree with the article - most Australians just don't care. I've consistently mentioned this to my Australi
by pentae 5y ago
As an Australian I respectfully disagree with you and agree with the article - most Australians just don't care. I've consistently mentioned this to my Australian friends, colleagues, family members for about 10 years now and it's always met with complacency. Most people don't care, some people care but won't do anything about it, and some people think that "If i'm not doing anything wrong I have nothing to worry about". Most Australians trust the government will do the right thing.
- NoPicklez 5y agoAs an Aussie as well, I think not knowing about something is often aligned with people also just not caring. This goes for most things technology really, most people don't care until it impacts them. We all have only a finite amount of things we can care about in a day and for many Aussies, laws, especially laws around the use of technology aren't front of mind for the average Australian. But as time goes on and these laws actually start to impact us, then you will see people caring.
- hndamien 5y agoIt's very Australian to care when it is too late.
- Kim_Bruning 5y agoDo you have enough historical counter examples to show how people absolutely did end up worrying? To be fair, Australia is a long way from Europe for instance, but I'm pretty sure examples from nearer by might still be available
- user123456780 5y ago> Most people don't care, some people care but won't do anything about it, and some people think that "If i'm not doing anything wrong I have nothing to worry about". Most Australians trust the government will do the right thing. I think that is because of media portraying these laws as a positive thing. Almost exactly the line you're talking about. I'm pretty sure I have heard politicians saying exactly: "If i'm not doing anything wrong I have nothing to worry about" Its a sad but true fact that 99% of Australians (probably rest of the western world) only gets their ongoing education (beyond high school/bachelors in a specific industry) from the mainstream media. And we have close enough to dictator level of media diversity pushing a single narrative. Its not wonder people dont care about their privacy being eroded.
- Smoosh 5y ago> "If i'm not doing anything wrong I have nothing to worry about" The irony being that the current government seems particularly opposed to any form of accountability or public scrutiny.
- 0xdeadb00f 5y agoI know people who go so far the other way. They don't vote because they think it's all rigged. They don't follow politics so they think all the parties are the same. It's moronic. I try to explain but I'm met with looks like _I'm_ the moron.
- waddlesworth 5y agoThe "both parties are the same" thing is a meme in some more engaged circles, because it's so obviously false to anyone paying attention. It really shouldn't be surprising that the incumbent party benefits from this attitude, yet I get the same look from likely just as many people.
- brokenmachine 5y agoWhich privacy-respecting party do you vote for?
- justinclift 5y agohttps://reason.org.au https://reason.org.au
- 0xdeadb00f 5y agoBoth/most parties are complicit in privacy invasions. I just assume whoever I vote for will invade my privacy. So I don't vote based on that. I vote based on the other remaining factors that they _do_ differ on.
- bobbytit 5y agoI do not think you are in any position to be calling anyone else a moron.
- 0xdeadb00f 5y agoHow about explain why you disagree? Instead of saying shit like that? Also I never called anyone a moron outright. There is more to a political party than their stance on a single issue. If you can't see that then you are a moron. And yes, I did just call you that, outright.