1/ Some are saying the Victorian election result was rigged. It wasn’t. This isn’t Arizona. The only reason someone could be shocked at the Victorian election outcome is if they misjudged Australians to be freedom loving. Aussies like freedom, but they don’t love it.
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2/ They can live without it.
The truth is that Aussies tend to see government as a “vast public utility” that helps us and makes our lives easier. They don’t see government as a freedom-enhancing institution, but as a utility-enhancing one.
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3/ And what is more useful than being kept “safe” from a deadly virus? Well, nothing! And who is more deserving of punishment and derision than those citizens who minimise the threat of this virus and even put others’ lives at risk by not doing what they’re asked? No one!
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4/ In other words, Dan delivered on utility: he kept people “safe” and therefore earned re-election.
As I’ve said many times, Aussies have a cynical attitude to politicians, but an optimistic attitude to government: we basically trust it (even if we won’t explicitly admit it).
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5/ What this means is that Australians won’t be very moved by warnings of state tyranny, or particularly fussed when the state actually is a tyrant - not while it’s delivering on utility. I’m not trying to demoralise; I’m just describing things as I think they are.
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6/ Does this mean there is no hope for freedom? Not necessarily. It just means that the fight against tyranny may be less a strategy of popular politics than other methods: lawfare, raising new elites, etc.
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They may not love their freedom, but take away the things they love to do and it may well be a different story.
Until we are pushed into a corner, we often don’t know what we are prepared to defend.
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Oh sorry, I missed the part where Dan lockdowns saved lives. How Many did it save and did he do better than the other states? And compared to what? These flippant, empty lines are getting tiresome.
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Australians have become fat, lazy and slovenly on government welfare and a " someone else will fight for it " attitude.
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@ChavuraStephen
Gotta disagree mate. Just like Arizona, Brazil et al, it was rigged. No way they won in a landslide.
The more pre poll voting that happens, the greater the opportunity to rig.
The left, can’t win and continue to win without cheating. No one can tolerate their policy long term
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I don't think it's rigged but Australians are just too stuck in the bliss of fear and anxiety when it comes to freedoms that or something else why e even rely on voting really
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Yeah ballot papers are filled out in pencil but there's no way there could be any fraud...🤪
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Excellent observation Stephen. Behind a veil of laissez faire and general easygoingness, Aussies have two main flaws:
1- they trust their government has the best of intent for them and 2- when a rule or law comes out, their first instinct is to obey it instead of questioning it.
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