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Old 08-06-2014, 10:10 AM
clive milne
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Hi Steffen,
I understand your sentiment, however, I am inclined to offer the suggestion that the mandate the current administration is fond of citing, is a case of abrogating the function of democracy by means of manufactured consent. The manipulation of an entire population is relatively easy if you set (or pay to set) the terms and scope of the debate in the mainstream media.
Gina's clumsy attempt to control Fairfax and Clive Palmer's surprisingly effective tilt at the windmill of public influence are two examples noteworthy only in their simplicity and lack of subtlety. The multinationals corporations exert influence at a completely different level. It is they who won the last feral election.

There is a lot going on here that never makes the papers, and it has been going on for a long, long time. This will not surprise any good student of history.
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