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power

Power, Wealth, and the Quiet Normalisation of Harm

This is a difficult and sensitive topic. It is hard to find a way to speak on it and yet speak one must. The exposure of Jeffrey Epstein did not uncover a singular aberration so much as a recurring pattern that has long accompanied extreme concentrations of wealth and influence. The mechanics are familiar: private […]

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politics

Australian Democracy: One Country, Many Ways

Australia works because it stays balanced. Its democracy is not built on simple agreement, but on the disciplined interaction between different ways of seeing the world. Labor and Liberal are not just rival teams. Together, they form the smallest political structure capable of holding a complex society together. Two sides generate debate, correction, and restraint. […]

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Philosophy

Strange Days

What strikes me most about the current president of the United States is a strange inversion that would be almost comic if it were not so consequential. He shows little regard for the role he occupies, scant respect for the law, and no evident commitment to the country beyond what it can deliver to him […]