We've actually become way, way more authoritarian and collectivist than the UK... We've been that way for a while. So I know the pop culture suggests otherwise, as you say, as does... Our national "mythology", but all of that self-assured ruggedness died out a while ago, AT LEAST 2008, if not earlier...
But like, on the UK comparison, I'm talking orders of magnitude worse. We're even worse than Canada. We're worse than NZ. I know I keep repeating this, but there literally isn't another country in the entire "Western" sphere of influence behaving like our governments (state and federal, and indeed local) are towards our citizens right now...
We're also the most feminist Anglo country aside from NZ. Like, the feminism here is significantly advanced upon what you see anywhere in North America, or indeed in the UK. I'm not exaggerating. They even admit it themselves. I don't know how it happened, but it did. We don't so much as resemble England in that regard, as we do Sweden or Denmark...
I know I sound whiny. I don't mean to, but... It's almost like there's a weird psychosis over the Australian population right now...
People WANT this. People WANT more of it. And yes, they're brainwashed by the media. Yes, people, including me, are scared to speak out. But there's something more going on here than that, I feel...
Like, the state and territory governments doing this have all been returned with an increased majority, so far. Every single one of them. And it is so bad that the second-most authoritarian regime, in Western Australia, reduced the conservative opposition to something like two seats in Parliament, so WA is now almost as close as it is possible to get to a one-party state. That shouldn't happen in a democracy. It is literally never supposed to happen. Then again, nor is sending fucking troops onto the streets to lock people in their houses...
So I dunno, man. I think you're partly onto something, yes, that we took the worst of British traditions of suppressed liberty, and ran with them, surpassing them along the way, but I think, with some degree of "evidence", that it has more to do with our relationship with China and India than anything else...
We have the most Chinese and Indian/subcontinental immigrants of any major Anglosphere country. Our trade ties are far closer to China than they are to the US (surprising, I know), and China literally, not figuratively, owns a large proportion of our assets, physical and otherwise. So when people say "a Chinese takeover of Australia", or "Australia is becoming a province of China", while we were once being sarcastic, I'm not so sure we are, anymore...
That's one of the things about this that really worries me, honestly.
When we say brainwashed...the stupidest thing is I have friends who aren't dopes, yet they too are openly buying into this. They WANT this...for fuck sake, some of them are LEFTIES and they're actively supporting a PM they've openly hated on for the last few years. They're willingly going on along with all of this because they think it's gonna lead to things getting back to the way they were....how can they not see what's going on? Things aren't gonna be the same again. They're openly supporting big brother.
Like I have friends who are openly cheering the suspension of Sky News. I'm not really a big supporter of Sky News but I'm not gonna cheer their suspension because it's ultimately SILENCING a voice and if they can do it to them, what makes you think they won't do it to us the little people?
WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON? I know, Clown World, but fuck me, it's frightening to me how many people who I knew were once anti government or at the very least distrustful of the government and in other cases downright hateful of the fact that's it a conservative party in power ARE FUCKING OPENLY CHEERING THIS ON!
What the fuck is going on?
I just want to slap these people and tell them to wake up. If you think life is going back to the way it was post-jab...well they're in for some fucking disappointment. Because this shit is gonna hang over us and change everything. Give the government a taste of control like they've never had before and they will never give it up...that's the frightening thing about all of this...that people in this country are willingly accepting it.
Midwits and the fairly intelligent are easy to brainwash. Stupid people can be manipulated, with emotion, but they are often stubbornly critical of people trying to manipulate them against their own interests. Smart people rationalize, and once they've consented to "believe" something they've been convinced is good, they refuse to admit they've just been programmed. They're too smart for that, and there's too much of a "house of cards" supporting that position.
We're also the most feminist Anglo country aside from NZ. Like, the feminism here is significantly advanced upon what you see anywhere in North America, or indeed in the UK. I'm not exaggerating. They even admit it themselves. I don't know how it happened, but it did. We don't so much as resemble England in that regard, as we do Sweden or Denmark...
That’s really interesting, I did not know that. I think this is the source of your problems. I recall during the 2016 election reading a story about a group of people from Aus supporting Bernie Sanders.
First thought as an American was, “Wtf are they doing interfering in our election”, second thought was “haha commie losers”, but the third one was “they all look rather… feminine”.
We've actually become way, way more authoritarian and collectivist than the UK... We've been that way for a while. So I know the pop culture suggests otherwise, as you say, as does... Our national "mythology", but all of that self-assured ruggedness died out a while ago, AT LEAST 2008, if not earlier...
But like, on the UK comparison, I'm talking orders of magnitude worse. We're even worse than Canada. We're worse than NZ. I know I keep repeating this, but there literally isn't another country in the entire "Western" sphere of influence behaving like our governments (state and federal, and indeed local) are towards our citizens right now...
We're also the most feminist Anglo country aside from NZ. Like, the feminism here is significantly advanced upon what you see anywhere in North America, or indeed in the UK. I'm not exaggerating. They even admit it themselves. I don't know how it happened, but it did. We don't so much as resemble England in that regard, as we do Sweden or Denmark...
I know I sound whiny. I don't mean to, but... It's almost like there's a weird psychosis over the Australian population right now...
People WANT this. People WANT more of it. And yes, they're brainwashed by the media. Yes, people, including me, are scared to speak out. But there's something more going on here than that, I feel...
Like, the state and territory governments doing this have all been returned with an increased majority, so far. Every single one of them. And it is so bad that the second-most authoritarian regime, in Western Australia, reduced the conservative opposition to something like two seats in Parliament, so WA is now almost as close as it is possible to get to a one-party state. That shouldn't happen in a democracy. It is literally never supposed to happen. Then again, nor is sending fucking troops onto the streets to lock people in their houses...
So I dunno, man. I think you're partly onto something, yes, that we took the worst of British traditions of suppressed liberty, and ran with them, surpassing them along the way, but I think, with some degree of "evidence", that it has more to do with our relationship with China and India than anything else...
We have the most Chinese and Indian/subcontinental immigrants of any major Anglosphere country. Our trade ties are far closer to China than they are to the US (surprising, I know), and China literally, not figuratively, owns a large proportion of our assets, physical and otherwise. So when people say "a Chinese takeover of Australia", or "Australia is becoming a province of China", while we were once being sarcastic, I'm not so sure we are, anymore...
That's one of the things about this that really worries me, honestly.
Thanks for coming to my TED talk, ha.
When we say brainwashed...the stupidest thing is I have friends who aren't dopes, yet they too are openly buying into this. They WANT this...for fuck sake, some of them are LEFTIES and they're actively supporting a PM they've openly hated on for the last few years. They're willingly going on along with all of this because they think it's gonna lead to things getting back to the way they were....how can they not see what's going on? Things aren't gonna be the same again. They're openly supporting big brother.
Like I have friends who are openly cheering the suspension of Sky News. I'm not really a big supporter of Sky News but I'm not gonna cheer their suspension because it's ultimately SILENCING a voice and if they can do it to them, what makes you think they won't do it to us the little people?
WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON? I know, Clown World, but fuck me, it's frightening to me how many people who I knew were once anti government or at the very least distrustful of the government and in other cases downright hateful of the fact that's it a conservative party in power ARE FUCKING OPENLY CHEERING THIS ON!
What the fuck is going on?
I just want to slap these people and tell them to wake up. If you think life is going back to the way it was post-jab...well they're in for some fucking disappointment. Because this shit is gonna hang over us and change everything. Give the government a taste of control like they've never had before and they will never give it up...that's the frightening thing about all of this...that people in this country are willingly accepting it.
Midwits and the fairly intelligent are easy to brainwash. Stupid people can be manipulated, with emotion, but they are often stubbornly critical of people trying to manipulate them against their own interests. Smart people rationalize, and once they've consented to "believe" something they've been convinced is good, they refuse to admit they've just been programmed. They're too smart for that, and there's too much of a "house of cards" supporting that position.
Sounds like Democrats in our country. Luckily we have some solid conservative states to get away from them.
Perhaps it is a little of column China, a little from Column stolen election.
That explains your government, but doesn't explain why the people are so cucked. Maybe humans in large numbers just shouldn't exist.
Give the jab a few years to work it's magic, then we can thank our benevolent overlords for understanding that.
That’s really interesting, I did not know that. I think this is the source of your problems. I recall during the 2016 election reading a story about a group of people from Aus supporting Bernie Sanders.
First thought as an American was, “Wtf are they doing interfering in our election”, second thought was “haha commie losers”, but the third one was “they all look rather… feminine”.
Sad to hear it.