drstrangelove » Wed Sep 08, 2021 8:03 am wrote:It's quite easy to normalise 'global conspiracy' because political groupings have been continental blocs since WW2. The idea of the nation state died with that war, and we entered a period of coalition crafting - which is the EU, the Anglo-american alliance etc.
These continental blocs operate through foreign policy institutes, like the council on foreign relations, bilderberg group etc.
So it's easy to convince anyone this is a global conspiracy' so long as you don't use the word conspiracy, which shouldn't really be used because these people are literally above the law, and at the highest tier are concerned with civilizational cycles, specifically, trying to avoid as best one can elongated periods of decay or decline. This is why the British gave control of western civilization over to the Americans, because the Americans are now having to deal with all the problems faced by the Romans at the end of their expansion.
In regards to Australia, it must be noted that what has happened to this point, is mostly theoretical. By that I mean, the laws being passed have not been accepted, so far as the public can ignore them. This isn't to say the videos you see of police interactions here aren't real, or concerning, but they usually concern people who activity challenge police authority, or flaunt the rules in front of cops in the hope of filming a confrontation. Which they should be doing, because it puts pressure on the police and turns people against them. So even though I support this behaviour, it's not reflective of the reality. Which is, at this point, you can just ignore the rules and the cops won't bother you so long as you don't actively attempt to undermine their authority. The police unions have even made statement s against lockdown laws, which is hilarious, because the state obviously doesn't want to pay the police for a police state.
Geographically Australia is unique, in that we are culturally western civ but isolated and fall into what is becoming China's sphere of influence. So it may have something to do with Australia needing to become more congruent with a more authoritarian eastern outlook. Or maybe they want the population more rigidly organised should conflict break out. On the most recent census they asked a question of every citizen whether they had any military service experience. Which was a pretty big red flag.
We also have no real cultural heritage in Australia, and very young institutions that are easily controlled remotely through the same aforementioned foreign policy institutes and our intelligence alliance called five eyes with the US and Commonwealth. In 1974 our prime minister was outed by the British and Americans through the CIA because he tried to nationalise our mining sector. They called it a constitutional crises to keep the idea of democracy alive and well.
We are also probably more pliant. As in, the French have that cultural history of mass protest, well, Australia has never really experienced political adversity. Most don't even understand that a protest isn't something the government approves. It's funny, people complaining about unapproved protests, or going to protests that have been approved by the government thinking they are protesting something.
Isn't strange that somehow all g20 nations can roll out vaccine passports no one voted for, there are mass protests against, yet go ahead anyhow. Clearly there is global coordination. It's information authorities. I write about these info authorities on my site below if you are interested.
This is very interesting. I suppose those of a certain age in this country have grown up watching Neighbours, seen the occasional totemic Ashes series when they were on normal TV, and, if we've lived in London a while, house-shared with a smattering of Australians. So we think you're basically the same as us, but better at barbecues and sport. But it sounds pretty different, in that this country has been extremely compliant in the main and with most of the measures. Even now you see a not-insignificant proportion of people obediently putting on their masks to stand up from their table and walk a few steps to the toilet, way after anyone's telling them to. Also, the 1974 Australian coup - something I only learned about really pretty recently. It's astonishing how much basic history is hidden from even pretty well-informed people. Un/approved protests brings to mind Scottish independence, and how the SNP have conspired with the UK government (aided by the EU treatment of the Catalan question) to frame independence as something that must be approved of by the colonial power. Obviously utterly absurd, yet apparently widely accepted. I've been feeling that way about a lot of things recently. I get exhausted, for example, even at the idea of trying to explain why medical coercion is a bad thing - something that recently seemed so banal as to be unworthy of mention.
Anyhow, you also talk about hows and whys. I've had the pleasure of being a full-time parent to an extremely inquisitive and questioning now-toddler. 'Why?' came extremely early, and to try and answer those questions properly is no small matter. Usually, after checking she doesn't mean 'how?', as she often does, I say I don't really know, but here are some possibilities. (Hence, I guess, the common trope in culture of the 'idiot' character, who asks the stupid questions; or indeed the child, as in the Emperor's New Clothes.) As it goes, I've always been more of a why? than a how? person, which I guess leads in to thinking about people, structures, and power, because the material world can give us some good ideas on how, but will never yield to any 'why?' question (at least, not to our rational minds). Science is a discipline that tells us 'that'; can have a good stab at 'how?'; and can stray into pretentions at 'why?' (and even 'ought), which is I suppose what is being utilised dangerously right now. Not being able to say much about how, though, renders me intellectually a bit naked when trying, if not to convince, then at least to help open minds. I came across a good explainer on the role of international institutions in the mechanics of turning will into action, so will definitely take a look at your site.
I've observed in my life the increasing reductionism of all debate and indeed all social value to money, as the crudest expression of power and social status, with all else pushed to the margins (e.g. 'identity politics'). All things are instrumental, and to argue otherwise is to be an anachronism. I think this has softened us up intellectually, for other types of closed, linear, reductionist thinking. Functional stupidity, as you put it, and it makes the broad mass of us very easy to manipulate, program, hypnotise. It's quite scary being kind of aware of this, but also kind of susceptible at the same time. Makes one wonder what else one can't even begin to see.
