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Trying again, here you go: https://apo.org.au/node/208536 https://www.democracy2025.gov.au/documents/Democracy2025-report1.pdf I guess why I suggest searching is that there is actually so much out there on this issue (it's a problem in many democratic countries, as the graph indicates), that it makes it hard to point in any particular direction. The best thing I could do, rather than direct you in any particular way is to advise that you read from reputable sources rather than FB warriors and shit like that. Try and aim for qualified researchers, authoritative orgs like universities or well established think tanks, etc. Lowy Institute does a lot of good work in Australia, that's where I'd start digging locally.

Can I see the details that go with that particular incident?

Jesus christ, the comments under that last track - It's a Fine Day. People arguing that this song represents the 'hoax of coronavirus...' Can we just burn it all down and start again, please?

Here you go, a little more representative of what was playing at the dance parties and to give you an idea of the psychedelica

Not meant in a smartarse way, but just google, there is a mountain of stuff on this. file:///C:/Users/barst/AppData/Local/Temp/EXHIBIT%2004.pdf I haven't read that particular report but it's the main one many cite for this issue. Keep in mind though, that many people don't have a nuanced view of what democracy is. They see the political parties bickering like idiots during question time in parliament, they see the revolving door of Prime Ministers and politicians rorting travel costs and shit like that. What they don't often factor into their thinking are the fundamental principles of democracy, such as freedom of expression, freedom of association, freedom of religion, freedom of the press, freedom of movement and things like this. It's doubtful that people have lost faith in these ideals, but more so in political leadership. That's my take, anyway. The problem with this loss in faith is that it opens up the way for populists like Trump, Bolsonaro, Boris, Duterte, etc., to walk in and say "the elite don't care about you, they've fucked the country. But I understand you, I know what you want and I can do it, I'm a strong leader and if you just give me power I will make everything great again as I love the country and I'm just like you". This often goes hand-in-hand with blaming foreigners and immigrants, not being tough with the law and having a very narrow view of what the national interest is (most of time this will focus on the economy and cultural identity). Think Hansonism and Trumpism. Trump is not the problem, he's what happens when you have a problem. Hilary epitomised the privileged elite. She had no central reason to run as president (Trump had MAGA, Hilary just had "because it's my turn and I'm a woman"). When people don't trust and believe in the system anymore it's easy for some one to walk in and give them easy answers and something familiar to clutch onto, like traditional values. That's what populists do, but because they're never actually good at governing, things get worse and they have to shift blame more and more to dodge responsibility and they can do dangerous shit out of desperation. The shit Trump is doing now with the virus and China are perfect examples. He's trying to get positive econ figures in the few months left so he has something to run on. He's willing to risk high fatality rates for short-term gain, just until the election. He's also trying to divert attention to China. Not to say that China isn't free of guilt, the CCP are a fucking scourge. However Trump's not addressing the actual problems, he's just scapegoating so he can try and look like a tough guy.

I'd say it was very different, of course my experience is unique to me. But the big dance parties with 10-15k people in the bush, everyone wearing tie die and popping hallucinogens was all very psychedelic. The attitude, the imagery, the music, the drugs, etc were all very new era hippy-esque. I know electronica and dance parties hit the US (I Think Detroit may have been the focus there, not sure) but that was quite a while after. I went to my first 'dance party' in 1988. About 10,000 people off their chops dancing to freaky music (at that stage it was Kylie Minogue remixes, Urban Cookie Crew and house music like that), and that shit just exploded in the early to mid 90s in Australia. It went mainstream in the later 90s, which saw the crime follow the drugs. The biker gangs moved in as did a bunch of the shitty street crews and it all started to die, IMO. Think of Music like Stone Roses, Fool's Gold; Primal Scream, Come Together; Soho, Hippy Chick or, as below, the Soup Dragons, I'm Free, and that might give you an idea of what things were like on the radio and walkmans. It's not exactly the same as the music that was being played at the big raves, but gives you and idea of the mood.

K didn't really hit here until the 2000s, JNCOs were never really big here and nobody in the circles I moved in were into Limp Bizcut. In the 1990s, a lot of the culture in Australia was more influenced by what was going on in the UK, than the US. Well, the inner-urban culture, anyway. If anything, it was more the grunge thing than the new glam rock BS that people got into out here.

Protection got beaten to death by JJJ when it was released. It's a hellova song but I just can't hear it anymore. I think Massive represents the 90s era of the British music scene (much as do Prodigy, Happy Mondays, Primal Scream, Blur, KLF, etc.), which was pretty dang awesome. PRobably a bunch of nostalgia mixed in there. The 90s were fucking incredible, though. So glad that was when I came of age; best music so far, peaceful global environment for us in the West, rave/club scene exploding with all the accoutrements that went along with that scene, etc. etc. Was just an awesome time, the 60s of our generation.

Really? No unfinished sympathy?

Don't mean to be a downer in the meme thread, just wanted to say that there is actually a huge amount of work on what's happening in Xinjiang, some by colleagues of mine and if anyone is interested in what's going on there, hit me up and I'll send to you. Shit is getting the level of what happened in Stalin's Russia and Hitler's Germany. It's as bad as it gets.

that's a freaky pic.

This goes to what I've been pointing towards (maybe in other threads) in that Trump is not the problem, he's the result of having a problem. Populists and Demagogues can only arise when the circumstances are permissive. The big kick up for the US came after things in Iraq really turned to shit - 2006 was the real depth of combat and losses - and then accelerated after 2008 with the GFC. A number of folk who analyse these issues suggest that the bailout of many of the organisations responsible for the GFC and the bonuses for the CEOs who headed those organisations - instead of prosecution - was the final nail. It confirmed that the elite had separated from the governed and that it only supported its own perpetuation. The Australian uptick came about when political parties began replacing leaders mid-term, which happened something like six times by both parties. The UK was Brexit, unsure what's going on in Canada.

Aaaaaaanyway..., Coronavirus.

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How the fuck does a black dude assist in promoting an ideology that wants to eradicate him?! ^^^ Anyway....,

Ahahha, is that all you got, trying to make out like I'm pro-CCP or something? Keep reaching, ya dumb pube.

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