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Government versus X: the pacification project must not be challenged! 

6 May 2024

3:44 AM

6 May 2024

3:44 AM

Watching the dystopian-named ‘eSafety’ Commissioner in action is like watching the illegitimate lovechild of a deer caught in the headlights and an uncommonly self-righteous Hannibal Lecter looking for their next victim. By this I mean, there is something deeply unsettling about a bureaucrat on a mission to seek out potential feelings of grievance and harm as a form of employment.

Yet we must always remember that the proliferation of made-up sounding Commissioners are hand-picked by governments on both sides of the political fence.

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