Canem Malum,

I see the ABC as the people's media maintained by taxpayers money with the purpose of ensuring that ultimate power lies with the people who make up our society and not with the apparatuses of the State.

The LNP who in my view sometimes look and act more like a fascist regime would love to dismantle the ABC in order to shift the power base in State-society relations increasingly in its favour toward authoritarian power.

Do you follow what I am getting at or would like me to simplify it in words that shadyminister, pseudo-mouth, Phil, etc. would need it?

Mr Opinion Comment 1 said-

Canem Malum, I see the ABC as the people's media maintained by taxpayers money with the purpose of ensuring that ultimate power lies with the people who make up our society and not with the apparatuses of the State.

Answer 1-

I don't agree that the ABC is inline with the people- perhaps the people have been changed by undemocratic processes- now the socially engineered "truth". The generous view- ABC is acting from the belief that sponsoring diversity is now necessary to prevent division within the community internally (and externally). The internal division could perhaps be argued to have been caused by government policy influenced by power groups both within and external to Australia.

Mr Opinion comment 2-

The LNP who in my view sometimes look and act more like a fascist regime would love to dismantle the ABC in order to shift the power base in State-society relations increasingly in its favour toward authoritarian power.

Answer 2- I'm sure everyone is fascist in a sense- it's always about power- nothing is fair for everyone- it's easy to revert to utilitarianism here- perhaps the balance needs to be somewhere between utilitarianism and limited freedom.
As you're probably aware I favor Patrick Deneen's views that both the LNP and Labor are both liberal parties- they both pursue "progressive" "Locke Libertarian" policies- though the LNP large group of Traditionalists and Paleo's due to the history of the movement.

http://abcmedia.akamaized.net/rn/podcast/2019/01/rer_20190116_1730.mp3

http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/religionandethicsreport/patrick-deneen/10467340

Mr Opinion comment 3-

Do you follow what I am getting at or would like me to simplify it in words that shadyminister, pseudo-mouth, Phil, etc. would need it?

Answer 3- I like the implied threat here. Kudos. I often find your comments interesting.

I suspect that given your background and perhaps workplace it would be difficult to support often "cancelled" views such as those on the paleo side of politics. To me this is an indication of how far we have gone wrong as a stable society. I hope that you are supported in your right to your personal views in your workplace.

Canem Malum,

I like the way you string your ideas together.

I have the impression you might come from a philosophy background. Am I close?

Thanks for your feedback Mr Opinion.

Let's just say I've read fairly widely on philosophy (and other topics) but I'm sure I'm not as "qualified" as yourself. I also like yourself and Hasbeen have an engineering background as is on the record. I have some understanding of the military like O Sung Wu. I also read widely on subjects of interest.

Given the nature of my opinions and comments (even if they are hypothetical) on this forum and the toxicity of the world- I suspect that many could become unemployable- creeping "diversity" seems to be creating an environment where you can't say anything without offending somebody- Jordan Peterson has mentioned this- it's seems only those without anything to lose that are safe- which seems to be the current communist "cancel" tyranny- I would like Communist "Cancelling" to be used on the Communists- I'm sure they aren't the only ones to use similar tactics- I prefer to be a productive person- so it is important for me to remain anonymous- you yourself have not always supported anonymity- I'm sure with enough resources there are very powerful people and groups that could anonymously target and destroy me- if they cared enough- but I do what I can- and what is the world without courage.

Someone mentioned that a lot of OLO is about posting material and links from other sources- superficially this could be true- but it's often the way it's put together. Kudos to Graham Young on the success of OLO.

Everyone needs their privacy at some level.

I've learned that transparency isn't always good.

On the internet people can be whoever they want to be.

Hopefully I have helped in your case- at least- to view things in an interesting new perspective