Debate doesn't bring action. Politicians are yapping all the time. Commentators are yapping all the time. Talk is cheap. And most people have better things to do than listen to the twaddle.

“At what point do we need to rebel?”. Now, there's a silly question in Socialist Australia.

Rebellion?..Not without Government approval!

We are led down a very dark path by the nose..Crossing the Sydney Harbour Bridge twice as demonstration of the evil of the Governing class.

A pox on the clowns and misfits that vote them in.

The fine for not voting has dropped from $55 to $20. A rare bargain in today’s evil world: Stand against the dictatorship and don’t vote as a protest.

The author states: "Meanwhile our national debt continues to grow, to be passed on to future generations. Middle-class welfare runs rampant, duplication between the Commonwealth and states is absurd, additional billions are being thrown at childcare and the disabled, and the nanny state is stultifying."

Let's look at how the Commonwealth has spent money in the past, in this example, during Covid.

According to the Australian Bureau, in 2020, "...subsidies on production rose to record levels, reaching $52.0 billion in the June quarter. JobKeeper payments accounted for $31.0 billion and Boosting Cash Flow for Employers contributed $16.0 billion. Other COVID-19 related subsidies, including those made by state governments, added an additional $3.6 billion. JobKeeper and boosting cash flow for employers are the largest and second largest subsidies ever recorded in the national accounts".

This seems like the old smoke-and-mirrors trick of privatising profits and socialising losses - something we also saw during the GFC.

Does the author consider propping up private industries in difficult times as part of government over-reach and interference?

Should future generations be saddled with the debt used to bail out private industry? Or is government spending only a bad thing when directed towards childcare and the disabled?

So, Davo reckons we’ve slid into Hobbes’ world where government hands us liberties at its discretion?

That’s not how modern Australia works.

Our rights aren’t “granted” by politicians, they’re embedded in law, protected by independent courts, and upheld through regular elections.

Freedoms like speech, religion, and equality before the law are supposedly under “unprecedented pressure,” but where’s the evidence? Australians still openly criticise leaders, publish dissenting views, protest in the streets, and take government to court - and win.

That’s not Hobbesian suppression - it’s a noisy, functioning democracy.

Even Locke recognised that government must evolve with society to protect life and liberty effectively. Modern regulations and safety nets don’t erase freedom, they stop powerful interests from trampling individuals and give ordinary people a fair shot at exercising their rights.

Libertarians are adorable - they want all the benefits of civilisation while pretending they built it alone.

The fundamental freedoms indeed.

The freedom of speech – try criticizing the Nazi Zionist government of Isreal and cop a broadside for being antisemitic. You are free to do it of course, better be ready to cop the vicious backlash.

Freedom of religion – Absolutely, have the Christian doctrine shoved down your neck from early childhood educational institutions onwards. Or live in an Islamic country under sharia law. That sure is freedom of religion. Personally, I vote for freedom from religion myself.

The presumption of innocence is practiced ( not ) with every incident of a crime being committed and reported across all media outlets. It a constant on every social media platform too.

Equality before the law. Tell that to the current president of the USA who simply fires any attorney or law firm he disagrees with.

Yes, it is definitely time for the revolution.

For years I didn’t vote, believing that there was not a single politician out there worthy of my vote. I have subsequently changed my mind on the issue. I believe it is vitally important to vote. By voting, at least you have the opportunity to keep the really awful ones out.

For years I didn’t vote, believing that there was not a single politician out there worthy of my vote.
Aries54,
That view can only come from tunnel vision & Woke indoctrination ! There are people who can do the job but people like yourself are voting against them. I'm certain you'll vote Labor again next election & still lament the situation you could have helped to avoid !