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

Democracy is an illusion in Australia, just like the rest of the globalised West.

Politicians are chosen to stand for election by a small number of corrupt branch stackers, not by the people.

The people are given a choice between party a or b, which are two cheeks of the same arse.

danrocks on Sept 8, 2021 [–]

I am curious to know where democracy is not an illusion (if it is in all the "globalised West").

swader999 on Sept 8, 2021 | | [–]

It still happens from time to time in local politics.

bobbytit on Sept 8, 2021 | | [–]

So am I

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