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The Premier pretends to say something and the people pretend to listen

17 October 2021

2:00 PM

17 October 2021

2:00 PM

Daniel Andrews has clearly never heard the dictum by psychologist and philosopher Ernst von Glasersfeld “you can’t not communicate.” 

Giving someone the silent treatment is a type of communication. Grandstanding and delivering endless orders of word salad no one wanted is also a type of communication. A type of communication that serves no purpose and has no value. 

The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis suggests the language one speaks is how one thinks about reality.

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