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The original video, and my comment, have no connection to any tea in any harbour. Edit to actually add something to the conversation: I think any (deep thinki

The original video, and my comment, have no connection to any tea in any harbour. Edit to actually add something to the conversation: I think any (deep thinking) person in Australia will understand my comment: there's a serious breakdown in governance that's going on. I'd say the issues are somewhat generalisable to other Commonwealth countries too, but lately here in Australia it feels like there's an intractable rot that's taken hold. It's more concerning to me than mere incompetence, or thinking that "[other side] bad", it's a breaking down of the political system itself. That said, if you look at Australian history, unsurprisingly for an ex penal colony that was federalised by non-ideologues, its system of governance has not developed in a very wholistic or unproblematic way, basically ever.

boffinAudio 3y ago
Australians need to understand that for as long as they cannot investigate the war crimes of 'their' defense forces, their government will remain corrupt and corruptible to an extreme degree. The Australian people do not have oversight of their military - only the sovereign does, we must ask permission - and in that set of circumstances our government is simply not functioning in our interests, and will not do so in any other regard until that situation is addressed. You cannot expect a government whose crimes are covered up by a foreign sovereign to be willingly subservient to the people they are supposed to serve. The Australian government do not serve the Australian people, period - they serve foreign interests, always. You can see this in every single sphere of Australian governance.