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David McBride is the first Australian to be jailed over the war crimes allegations his disclosure helped expose.

Archived version: https://archive.ph/e9uiW

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

We have a pretty strong voting system, no revolution necessary. And that's the crux of the problem imo.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You can’t vote in a flawed system. Politicians rarely ever listen to voters over lobbyists and paycheques.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

People can vote, I don't see how they can't. The problem is the media is totally in the pocket of the politicians so nobody is exposing all the bullshit or if they are, they get their house firebombed. A strong and independent media is what we need imo. Without that, corruption will just spread again no matter what happens.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

or if they are, they get their house firebombed.

For those unfamiliar, this isn't hyperbole:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendlyjordies#Firebombing_incidents