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Daniel Andrews was not a political genius

1 October 2023

4:00 AM

1 October 2023

4:00 AM

I have heard commentators from all kinds of political positions commenting that the retiring Premier of Victoria was a person of political genius. Rubbish.

To make this claim is to denigrate what ‘genius’ means for humans. It validates means regardless of ends. For example, someone might be clever, but a ratbag.

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