Re: Beast Empire
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2020 9:54 am
Hi Everyone,
I wish to comment on the situation in Australia (vis-a-vis) corona. And by Australia, I mean both Australia and New Zealand, whose shutdowns have been arguably the most draconian and hysterical in the entire world, even in comparisons to countries which were previously known to be authoritarian.
Australia has made it extremely difficult for its own citizens to enter the country from abroad, and taken several steps to tell its expatriates they are not welcome (such as billing every returnee $3000 for the pleasure of a compulsory two-week stint (upon arrival) in prison (otherwise known as hotel quarantine, in a single room, in which you can’t even open windows).
In addition to this, all Australians have been banned indefinitely from leaving the country. Full stop. And various states have closed the borders to each other, as well. About a quarter of the nation was born overseas, and were recently told by the Prime Minister that, without a vaccine, Australians may never be allowed to leave the country again.
Moreover, most Australians seem to support these measures. My opinion is that Australians, in general, seem to have an extremely high level of blind trust in government/media, and at least one survey I saw indicates that Australians are among the least resistant (against the shutdowns) countries in the western world. While every country has all kinds of people, Australia seems to have a higher percentage of people who are totally subservient, and refuse to question the ‘wisdom‘ of government/mainstream media.
The costs of the ongoing shutdowns are clearly much worse than the virus itself. And while places like Europe, China, etc, plan a wiser course forward, and try to balance both living with the virus, and getting on with living at the same time, Australia seems to be overcome with hysteria, panic, and refusal to plan ahead. In fact, besides panicking and closing everything up, there is apparently no plan; no-one in charge of what is a very panicked ship.
The hysteria goes from top to bottom, and back to the top. And the powers that be there have dug themselves into a hole. Do they stay in perpetual hysteria forever, or do they admit that their overall course of action in response to Coronavirus has been horrendously flawed, and much worse than the virus itself?
Unfortunately, politicians, mainstream media, bureaucrats, etc, virtually never admit their own error, so they will likely just double down, and dig the country into a deeper hole, cut off from the rest of the world.
I link you to a great article on this topic, titled, Coronavirus: We’re paying for an epidemic of stupidity.
It’s from The Australian newspaper. Link below:
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/inquir ... 8e5c7aa6f0
I wish to comment on the situation in Australia (vis-a-vis) corona. And by Australia, I mean both Australia and New Zealand, whose shutdowns have been arguably the most draconian and hysterical in the entire world, even in comparisons to countries which were previously known to be authoritarian.
Australia has made it extremely difficult for its own citizens to enter the country from abroad, and taken several steps to tell its expatriates they are not welcome (such as billing every returnee $3000 for the pleasure of a compulsory two-week stint (upon arrival) in prison (otherwise known as hotel quarantine, in a single room, in which you can’t even open windows).
In addition to this, all Australians have been banned indefinitely from leaving the country. Full stop. And various states have closed the borders to each other, as well. About a quarter of the nation was born overseas, and were recently told by the Prime Minister that, without a vaccine, Australians may never be allowed to leave the country again.
Moreover, most Australians seem to support these measures. My opinion is that Australians, in general, seem to have an extremely high level of blind trust in government/media, and at least one survey I saw indicates that Australians are among the least resistant (against the shutdowns) countries in the western world. While every country has all kinds of people, Australia seems to have a higher percentage of people who are totally subservient, and refuse to question the ‘wisdom‘ of government/mainstream media.
The costs of the ongoing shutdowns are clearly much worse than the virus itself. And while places like Europe, China, etc, plan a wiser course forward, and try to balance both living with the virus, and getting on with living at the same time, Australia seems to be overcome with hysteria, panic, and refusal to plan ahead. In fact, besides panicking and closing everything up, there is apparently no plan; no-one in charge of what is a very panicked ship.
The hysteria goes from top to bottom, and back to the top. And the powers that be there have dug themselves into a hole. Do they stay in perpetual hysteria forever, or do they admit that their overall course of action in response to Coronavirus has been horrendously flawed, and much worse than the virus itself?
Unfortunately, politicians, mainstream media, bureaucrats, etc, virtually never admit their own error, so they will likely just double down, and dig the country into a deeper hole, cut off from the rest of the world.
I link you to a great article on this topic, titled, Coronavirus: We’re paying for an epidemic of stupidity.
It’s from The Australian newspaper. Link below:
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/inquir ... 8e5c7aa6f0