I wouldn't doubt this, from everything I read Australia comes off as one of the most oppressive countries in the west. I think this is due to geography and its citizens idolizing the US, in unhealthy ways, I once heard an Aussie causally refer to a black Australian as an African American, which is just weird.
Yes, its unfortunately true that Australia is leading the "democratic" world in repressing liberty and freedom. Australian citizens don't have the most basic rights to enter and leave their own country.
In Victoria they are under the longest, most repressive and most violently enforced lockdown in the world, with a number of COVID cases that is tiny (15 a day) by standards elsewhere.
They have passed legislation enforcing backdoors on encrypted communications.
They have repressed constitutionally protected freedom of movement between states and freedom of political discourse for months.
I wouldn't doubt this, from everything I read Australia comes off as one of the most oppressive countries in the west. I think this is due to geography and its citizens idolizing the US, in unhealthy ways, I once heard an Aussie causally refer to a black Australian as an African American, which is just weird.
Yes, its unfortunately true that Australia is leading the "democratic" world in repressing liberty and freedom. Australian citizens don't have the most basic rights to enter and leave their own country.
In Victoria they are under the longest, most repressive and most violently enforced lockdown in the world, with a number of COVID cases that is tiny (15 a day) by standards elsewhere.
They have passed legislation enforcing backdoors on encrypted communications.
They have repressed constitutionally protected freedom of movement between states and freedom of political discourse for months.
I've posted more about this here.