Oldbloke wrote:I for one would not like to be the person making the decision to send our boys to any war. Huge level of responsibility.
And if it was with China it would be war for Australia's survival. Because if we lose the CCP will be in Canberra.
The CCP is not so different to what we have already. I'd even figure a guess and say the Chinese have more freedom. Yes there are "re-education" camps where dissidents and certain religious and ethnic people are enslaved. But the Chinese are more free, and they have far better social cohesion.
If you think I'm being delusional, let me point out some similarities:
- Mass Surveillance: growing bigger and more powerful everyday.
- Facial recognition/voice recognition, even the recognition of your walking style.
- Dan Andrews tried to push to have all possible tracking devices in your phone and car be available for the Victorian Government to trace for "traffic management" purposes. As far as I know it was shut down, but all the articles I had found on it I haven't been able to find since it's rejection.
- Registrations for just about everything
- Terrabytes and terrabytes of data with personal profiles built up on all of us, accessible to certain agencies whenever they deem it necessary. Or whoever the highest bidder is.
- The push for automation allows more "cloud" control, records and surveillance.
- Transaction Records for just about everything. With the push to get rid of cash constantly.
- MyHealth. Period.
(You can take that "nothing to hide, nothing to fear" bulls**t and blow that out the back of your head.)
- HEAVY indoctrination, dogma and propaganda with serious consequences for those who don't tow the line.
- The education system from primary through to university is full of it. Even trades and further training include it.
- News and entertainment are constantly pushing it. Especially state/tax-payer sponsored companies.
- Failure to comply can result in imprisonment, fines, loss of work/income, losing your children to the state etc.
- Secret Police
- ASIO/AFP/State Police Technical Surveillance Units all have the ability to commit crimes without much in the way of punishment.
- ASIO has extraordinary powers granted to them, for example, if they believe you to be a terrorist threat, they can arrest and detain you indefinitely without a warrant. What they do with you while they hold you is anybody's guess.
If you can think of major differences, let me know. I'm not providing sources because this was already a long reply and I really can't be f***ed. Just know this is something regularly discussed by some of us in the security industry, both those who sell and install Surveillance products and those that guard. There are many ex-cops, ex-military, ex-special forces, ex-intelligence officers that work in the field. There are some that falsely claim to be, but they get spotted pretty quickly.
These aren't conspiracy theories, this is fact.
Here is a conspiracy theory. I think the legislation that allowed the government (state or federal) to track us has secretly been passed. Reason being, my phone's location is switched on every now and then without me turning it on. (I'm pretty paranoid about that stuff so I don't allow app permissions unless I absolutely have to).