Are we becoming socially/psychically ‘normalised’ in Australia? We are a colonised society captured by right wing technologies and aided by think tanks, eg. ADVANCE, who masterminded the strategy that defeated the Indigenous voice referendum. ADVANCE espouses Trump strategies, such as viewed by advocate Steve Bannon. Strategy of same? ‘Flood the zone with shit’ e.g. ‘the weaponisation of lies’, create controversy, the algorithms elevate conflict, disinformation spreads and creates division. A successful formula for power and control. Tony Abbott is a thrilled member of same.
Australia is thus existing in a vulnerable existential political/social black hole. We view the tragic war in Gaza. A crying young adolescent looks at the camera, his dusty face tear-stained, the carnage from the Gaza bombing of refugee camps surrounds him, he hysterically speaks to the camera: ‘I have found my friend and his head has been blown off’. This act illustrates the power of the military industrial complex, a strategy to kill ‘the enemy’ and dismiss the carnage of dead children! Is this normal? In military strategy-speak ‘the child’ introduces ‘semantics’ to the dialogue justifying lethal attack. Dehumanisation is viewed.
The greatest economic force in the globe is the military industrial complex. To succeed conflict and humanity are needed. Modern technologies of spin and think tanks pave the way for politicians to maintain power (ex-PM Morrison pines for relevance. War his obsession e.g. AUKUS and China and his trip to Israel, soothing his relevance deprivation). Yet, since WW2 international charters have been created to legally address such war dynamics e.g. the Geneva Convention – all international charters condemn war. Civil society in the true sense advocates ongoing communication to quell the rise of war. Politicians awaken – speak the legalities addressing peace.
It is time for ALL pacifists to stand up and condemn such senseless deaths, war spin and tragedies and address the rights of all children in the world to exist.
For four decades The Echo has printed the stories some people loved, some people hated, and some pretended not to read. If you want us to keep telling the truth, the real truth, not the sugar-coated version. We’ll need your support to keep the presses rolling. 
