Australian Nanny State Policies
The cluster focuses on criticisms of Australia's government as a 'nanny state' or police state, particularly regarding privacy erosion, encryption backdoors, civil liberties restrictions, and COVID measures.
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It's true in Australia: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24761210
Ironic statement, considering Australia has a reputation of being considered a 'nanny state'.
Article is about Australia yet people still have to take jabs at the US.I'm not really sure what you mean anyway.
Do Australians have strong dislike of their setup as well?
Well, there's something going on in Australia currently.I don't think they turned a page yet.
A few comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8070324Points, but no comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8071936Points, but no comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8073723Discussion of when the Aus
Yeah, it's really quite frightening that a first-world country like Australia is going the route they are. Not that the US hasn't made gestures in the same direction, but Aussie seems to be following through with it.
sigh they're taking a leaf out of the Australian government's book.
It's Australia. Try looking into some of the weird and gross stuff the Federal government does.
As an Australian, I dearly hope all international companies actually do this.We are a testing ground for this insanity, the time to fight it is now.Australian citizens did not ask for this. All the "consultation" letters were ignored in favour of creating a police state.