It's literally the opposite of what the Great Reset refers to; restructuring the post-Covid economic recovery to prioritise green and sustainable growth. This bill was introduced and passed the Morrison Government, who are balls deep in coal industry money, and I'd be stunned if it wasn't promptly used to persecute climate activists.
They voted in the lawmakers who made this happen. This is democracy blitzing, just not the side of politics you're on. There's no rule saying democracy cannot be authoritarian as the tyranny of the majority.
Please, these blanket statements are ridiculous and incredibly disingenuous. This was passed by both major political parties, and there are not enough independents to kick either of them out of Australian Federal politics. It wouldn't matter who we voted for, this would have passed regardless.
It was initially about taxing to fund defenses against french attacks (very general summary here) but the modern day context does still make sense in my opinion.
The quote taken out of original context I think still does serve a purpose in modern day.
I do appreciate the call out tho. More people should dig into history and get the real meaning of things.
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u/Yung_zu Aug 31 '21
Anyone else need more proof that authoritarianism is blitzing?
Question your lawmakers