The phrase useful idiot has been coined on this thread.
The discrediting of Western government by state sponsored or controlled influencers and netizens has proliferated.The bottom end of hybrid or grey zone warfare. Fake news triggering wild conspiracy theories undermines our style of governance. Now I'm not suggesting our country right or wrong, but here's a tip. To avoid being "Lenin's Useful Idiot" if a website isn't familiar or a source not so well known, to avoid peddling Kremlin disinformation or a wacko CCP netizen building social credits, play internet sleuth with your sources.
So I googled Dr Byram Bridle........
A strong Australian economy in the next few years is so important. Recovering industries, ravaged by COVID, will lend to prosperity and full employment. Our prosperity will need to include supporting and developing our closet neighbours. Further afield we will forge closer security and economic ties and ward of economic coercion and sabotage.
Fractured, divided and a nation run as dysfunctionally as Victoria will suit the CCP. Without firing a shot they can do what the Imperial Japanese Navy could not do in 1942. Isolate the Western Pacific.
So get vaccinated or prepare your children and grandchildren to not only pay off the debt of the last 12 months, but also live under the ominous shadow of tyranny, not for a few years like your grandparents early in WW2, but for decades.
Last edited by Gnadenburg; 14th Jun 2021 at 22:08.