Politics (77)
The COVID scare has hit us like a meteor, without warning and with great consequences for our freedoms and our rights. Is what the State says right? Is our way of life under threat? And does the State even know what it is doing?
The Photios Industrial Complex and the Degrading of Politics in the "Premier State"
Written by Paul Collits
There is something rotten in the State of New South Wales. The State is run by paid lobbyists who control the Liberal Party. And the interests and philosophies of these puppeteers are decidedly not those of mainstream folks who believe, naively, that they control the governments that they vote for. The governments are puppets.
As debates rage over the origins and impacts of COVID 19 and whether draconian government policy response here and overseas have been appropriate and effective, now there is a proposed tracking app that the Government is introducing. Bill Muehlenberg asks - What could go wrong with a Government App?
Has the world finally, conclusively gone mad? What on earth has happened to “perspective”? Why have we the people allowed the Deep State to just get a whole lot deeper, and broader? Now the State controls the elderly, churches, clubs, small businesses, large businesses, community groups. In short, it totally controls us all.
When the dissing of a stalwart figure of good governance and sensible policy like the late Roger Scruton can lead to his reputation being shredded, and have that shredding rubber stamped by a “Conservative” Government and its standard bearing ministers committed to, above all else, “public relations”, we need to stop and think about what drives our modern governments.
Donald Trump famously opined in the lead up to his memorable victory in 2016 that America had been led by “stupid people”. It seemed to resonate, because true. I wonder what Trump would make of today’s political, corporate and community leadership in Australia.
Much has been made of our current Prime Minister’s absence from Australia during the ongoing and tragic bushfire crisis. And now of his less than heroic performance since his conscience/political nous got the better of him and he decided to come back and face the fire. Of course, he has been merely one of a number of politicians missing in action during the fires. Much has been made of the NSW Emergency Services Minister being in London during, well, an emergency. And not just any emergency. Now the NSW Opposition leader has tiptoed OS to escape the furnace. Are these people serious?
