> how was that done? it's still a bit of headfuck to be honest. initial 3mo or so was just fear, everyone experienced it, and i forgive a lot of what happened in those super early days. the first lockdowns even, like, i get it. the government stepped up and said they'd keep you alive and paid during this extreme and temporary measure. pretty much everyone i think fell for that. then just like in the uk the lockdowns continued. they'd come on, go off, masks required, then not. it rapidly became apparent that the states knew absolutely fucking nothing and were going seat of their pants the whole ride. and i think the states realised we could see that. > as an aside, our federal government basically washed their hands of the whole thing and kicked responsibility down to the states which are like your devolved parliaments for wales, scotland etc. they established this national cabinet which was all the state leaders plus the pm and they'd meet every week to discuss strategy and then every state leader would just do whatever they wanted. our state constitutions allowed the state leaders to really do whatever they wanted provided it was covered under "health". so they could lock you up, beat you in the street, hold you down and jab you with experimental drugs, close your business, separate you from your family, kill your dog - provided it was in the interest of public health. a number of lawyers tried to find loop holes around this, but the constitution was water tight on matters of health. there was no quarter given, not for religious grounds, or health grounds, or even bodily autonomy grounds. you did as the state said or you were punished. not to dissimilar to the brits, the aussie media machine growled into gear and pumped us full of fear. we had specialty units doing psyops just like you guys did too. we had the state leaders doing daily addresses handing down edicts from on up high. cults of personality developed around them as well.
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