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Freedom for truth

We cannot value what we don’t understand

20 October 2024

11:38 PM

20 October 2024

11:38 PM

It was a rude shock to many of us in 2020 to find out that Australians are not lovers of freedom or cynical about government.

We don’t love freedom.

It turns out we deeply love and trust government. We enthusiastically believe nearly everything governments and their appointed experts tell us.

We love promises of safety.

Make no mistake, we still don’t like politicians.

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