We can attribute a similarity of this to Peter Dutton who has with strategic effort divided the public by spreading baseless lies about the fear of Replacement, Reverse Racism, the poverty of Indigenous Culture, and lies about irresponsible Corporate “elites” trying to ingratiate themselves with a woke ignorant public. Using these tactics Dutton is intentionally fermenting chaos and division for a win-at-all-cost political strategy with no good reason other than self-interest and not any real sense of duty to public service.
A glance at his past Cabinet history tells that Dutton was the worst Minister appointed to each of his portfolios. Health under the Howard government. Immigration which is a current disaster when Dutton was little more than the ventriloquist’s doll on partisan Mike Pezzullo’s knee. Who, he then chose to take with him to Home Affairs and leaked National Security. Look Dutton’s attitude to our Indigenous Pacific Neighbours was displayed at “Boom Gate” which says it all. To Dutton, they are just a joke and there to be laughed at.
Indigenous Australians have historically been a political football and are simply asking to be heard. They would like an advisory voice constitutionally recognized because for over a century it hasn’t. A history of on-and-off legislation that has been applied to them looks more like a political yo-yo than any real attempt at service or effort in “closing the gap”. They aren’t migrants! If they were they’d be better off. Australia was built on their land and even a racist’s glance at the history of social and statistical facts would be left shame-faced. We can’t deny that the colonial mindset remains embedded in our Institutions and has done more harm by way of generational trauma and little to close the gap. To say otherwise or blame their culture for the divide in material and psychological dysfunction is simply blinkered victim blaming.
The point is this: Whether named Netanyahu, Trump, or Putin, when authoritarian leaders gain power by dividing the public, spreading baseless conspiracy theories, and accusing opponents of being “deep state” traitors, they weaken a society’s capacities to protect itself from all sorts of threats.
They undermine the public good, which is the wellspring of a society’s true strength.
Netanyahu, Trump, and Putin have imperiled each of their nations by filling them with lies, paranoia, and distrust.
Source: The Horrible Price of Lies, Paranoia, and Distrust | The Smirking Chimp
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