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Sloppy Thinkers Enabled Totalitarian Premiers

Sloppy Thinkers Enabled Totalitarian Premiers

The Covid Inquiry points to a loss of trust in government but fails to offer the obvious solutions.

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Oct 30, 2024
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It’s all very well to be angry at Daniel Andrews, but we should be angrier at ourselves!

The former Victorian premier trampled human rights during the pandemic, but only because we allowed him to do so.

Too many of us fell for that tired routine - most loved by totalitarians throughout the world and down through the ages - that our rights were being violated for the greater good.

During the pandemic, Premier Daniel Andrews was questioned about whether his decision to impose a curfew on Victorians was a breach of human rights.

I’ll never forget his response …

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