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discordance on Sept 8, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Australia’s new mass surveillance mandate

Issues around civil liberties don’t rank with Australians.

They are captive to their housing investment debts, so political campaigns are decided on policies around that.

SilverRed on Sept 8, 2021 [–]

This is pretty much it. It's not so much that people do not care about these issues, its that any time they feel spooked about their investment values or taxes, all other issues become irrelevant.

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