7 ms·
Australia has a rich tradition of overarching, arrogant and authoritarian behavior towards the little people. Possibly a hangover from the early days of Europe
by beachy 2y ago
Australia has a rich tradition of overarching, arrogant and authoritarian behavior towards the little people.
Possibly a hangover from the early days of European settlement, when the majority of settlers were convicts who needed keeping an eye on and dealing with with a firm hand.
- dietr1ch 2y agoI really don't get it. Everytime I read about Australian technology it's an article that I'd still find believable after replacing "Australia" with "North Korea".
- immibis 2y agoAustralia will be the first Western country to block Tor, but I can't predict when.
- jgord 2y agowell thats perfectly logical IF you want to prevent under-16s from using social media.
- user_7832 2y agoIf Australia becomes the first Western country to block it… it would be quite an achievement haha
- immibis 2y agoThe capital W is there for a reason.
- ruthmarx 2y agoFirst with a social credit score most likely.
- immibis 2y agoThe USA beat them to that, but they don't use the word "social"
- anomaly_ 2y agoWait until you read about the efforts by the current left-wing government to block social media for children. Which is basically an attempt to deanonymise the internet.
- dvsfish 2y agoIt's actually an attempt to block social media for children. There's no ulterior motives. It will have the consequence of deanonymisation but it's not an attempt to achieve that.
- hedvig23 2y agoCare to expand on the good faith premise and methodology proposed?
- tacocataco 2y ago> . It will have the consequence of deanonymisation but it's not an attempt to achieve that. How about regulating all social media to be healthy for all ages to use? The social media corporations should lose freedom, not the citizens. (IMO)
- dvsfish 2y agoI don't think Australia has the power to do that. The world is full of unhealthy things that we prohibit from children. It's a popular idea, with most people in favour of a ban for kids.
- IntelMiner 2y agoLabor is a lot of things. Left-wing sadly isn't one of them anymore
- melbourne_mat 2y agoThat only matters to people who use social media. It's not like you need an id card to use the Internet
- averageRoyalty 2y agoYou likely don't know very much about North Korea then.
- Aeolun 2y agoNot necessarily. It'd be much harder to replace "North Korea" with "Australia" when you look at news that's actually from North Korea.
- fakedang 2y agoHere's the issue with North Korea - they don't use technology :D. Maybe replacing Australia with their new paymasters in China makes more sense?
- dietr1ch 2y ago> ..they (NK) don't use technology :D. idk, there's RedStar OS, but no Kangaroo OS (tbf few countries have their own distro)
- inkyoto 2y agoAustralia is allergic to accountability and responsibility, especially in the corporate sector and, even more so, within government. Sweeping problems under the rug and a game of musical chairs are endemic and rampant; they form a quintessential playbook for achieving a successful career in senior corporate management or government. Which is also why IT business are required to hold expensive insurance policies, without which they can't approach clients, and which is also why the big four consulting firms have become so popular amongst the senior management: «it is not my fault, they are the ones who did it».
- HKH2 2y ago> Australia is allergic to accountability and responsibility She'll be right, mate.
- tiew9Vii 2y agoThose days have long gone, those tourism campaigns lied to us. I think it's rated as the worlds second most litigious country. If you can think of it there is probably a law and a fine for it.
- cjbgkagh 2y agoIt’s inherited from Britain which was and is still like that.
- psd1 2y agoNonsense. Speed limits are policed with discretion; you're vanishingly unlikely to get done for going a few over. I've driven past a copper at 78 (oops) When I was young and dumb, i crashed into someone while driving recklessly. Constabulary offered me a driver education course as an alternative to punishment. Fwiw, it was an excellent course. I'd recommend it to any private driver.
- cjbgkagh 2y agoI’m talking about the character of the people and governance. Do you think when Australia was settled with convicts that there were speed limits?
- psd1 2y agoIf you just want to rail against the string-em-up brigade, happy to partner with you. But what you've actually done is malign my countrymen quite unfairly. Only we get to do that. I agree that there's such a thing as "national character" and that, although limited, it can offer insight. It's problematic when you take it as gospel, and exclude visible facts. That's cheap and lazy. Let's take a tangent: Britain's colonial past included racist mores. It's certain that racism is still part of life here today. However, in this dishonourable leadership board, we are nowhere near the top today. You can use "bananas thrown at black players per minute of professional football" as a proxy metric. My point being, yes, history informs the present, but no, you cannot look at a time period and assume it tells you everything about a nation. Nations, like people, change. Let us examine the elephant that you're studiously ignoring: - capital punishment is now, in practical terms, outlawed (technically, hanging is still a possible sentence for treason, but that's obviously because it's never been worth parliament's time to debate). - the prison service does a number of things that indicate some level of commitment to rehabilitation - judges and magistrates have sentencing guidelines that are in line with other western european nations - custodial sentences are rare for non-violent crimes - "first offence" is a mitigating factor in sentencing - debtor's prison is a distant memory The judicial and policing regime today looks nothing like the regime in which you could be transported for stealing food, and in which punishment involved forced labour and in which abuse by the guards was a desired feature. The reason for the change is the will of the people. We did not have change imposed on us. We, over time, decided that we weren't going to hang and transport into penal servitude any more. We elected Robert Peel, repeatedly, who reformed the police most excellently. I'm fucking proud of Peel. Look him up. You don't have a leg to stand on. I doubt you have a leg anywhere in your home. You eat off a board on the floor because your table doesn't have a leg. You travel in circles because you don't have an outbound or a return leg. Your children play with just "o" and when you pass they will receive your acy. You are totally unequipped to discuss islation. Apologies to the usual address, please.
- stephen_g 2y agoTrue, and if you look back over the last few decades of policy and legislation, from either side of politics here, the Federal Government has demonstrated just staggering incompetence with almost everything to do with technology too...
- thelittleone 2y agoAustralian who left Australia years ago. One thing bothers me when I go back to visit is the absurd number of speeding cameras. Never seen anything like it elsewhere on my travels. Whilst the government argues its reducing fatalities, investigative reports in the past suggested their impact was negligible. In Victoria and Queensland alone, the government nets over A$1B a year. Always feels the government is riding the public far too much. The government is arrogant and corrupt. Also the recent issue with Qantas Chairman's Lounge. A privilege tier that is invite only, and gets exclusive lounge and upgrades ahead of the most loyal paying customers, reserved for people of influence, including the Prime Minister. Qantas had prevented competition from flying routes to Australia to keep their margins high. I wonder how that anti-competitive practice went without issue? I guess because all politicians and people of material influence are getting free upgrades on the backs off those high margins and actual paying customers.
- mitthrowaway2 2y ago> In Victoria and Queensland alone, the government nets over A$1B a year. Always feels the government is riding the public far too much. The government is arrogant and corrupt. If speeding cameras were being used to track and spy on people then that would be a serious problem, but if they're just being very effective at catching speeders, that seems fine? Speeding is a major safety problem, and one of the main problems with speeding is that enforcement is so sparse, drivers are tempted to speed knowing that they usually get away with it.