Chinese social media giant TikTok is set to launch a constitutional challenge to Australia’s controversial social media ban for under 16-year-olds. This comes amid calls to decrease the voting age to 16, an exercise that I recently demonstrated will force children to become adults too soon.
Opposition to Labor’s social media ban for under 16-year-olds, an abhorrent exercise in government overreach led by eKaren, has had little practical effect. God knows Australia’s Uniparty isn’t interested in defending liberal democracy.
It will be ironical if Albo loses a High Court challenge to his Beijing besties. This would achieve President Trump’s aim of defending freedom of speech. It would also confirm that Australia is less at risk of becoming the 51st State and more at risk of becoming part of a future Chinese ‘four systems, one country’ along with Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.
TikTok is a favourite for many influencers, including some state, territory, and local government politicians. However, TikTok was banned on Australian government devices, including the mobile phones of federal politicians and other officials, in April 2023 due to security and privacy concerns.
Because the Uniparty stands for everything, it stands for nothing. This means that when dilemmas surface, the Uniparty has no principles to prioritise. I’ve said before that cognitive dissonance in public policy is exactly what Mao Tse-tung encouraged to bring about communism’s ultimate victory.
Indeed, the Fabian Society supports socialism’s victory through evolution rather than revolution. Founded in 1884, the Fabian’s original coat of arms was a wolf in sheep’s clothing, but more recently has been a turtle to represent ‘socialism by stealth’. Either way, the Fabians have had a major influence on socialism’s long march through the institutions.
Interestingly, Mao outlined his ideas in his classic work, On Contradiction. He suggested that new eras arise from contradictions within a system that lead to its failure.
At a macro-level, these can be observed as the feudal period leading to mercantilism, which led to capitalism, that the Fabians hope will eventually give way to socialism. At a meso-level, these can be observed through the policies of the Albanese government. At a micro-level, think Chris Bowen.
Contradiction, then, especially cognitive dissonance, helps the socialist cause. Put simply, cognitive dissonance refers to the tension experienced when a person holds two or more contradictory beliefs, values, ideas, or attitudes simultaneously, or when their behaviour conflicts with their beliefs.
Cognitive dissonance is everywhere in the Albanese government’s policies. Destroying the environment to save the environment. Sending Australia broke through failed renewables projects to reduce carbon emissions while prohibiting nuclear energy. And most recently, banning access to social media for children under sixteen while aiming to give 16-years-olds the vote and force them into society as fully-fledged adults.
The icing on the cake will be if Albo overturns the social media ban because his communist masters beat the Australian government in its own highest court.
These problems for Australia’s liberal democracy were created by the Uniparty. If we had a real opposition, things would not have reached this point. If we had stood by our traditional allies, we would not have rampant antisemitism and such disdain for the United States.
Think about it. A communist organisation might prevent a dictatorial policy that requires adult Australian citizens to provide proof of age to access the world’s largest digital library.
Two socialist wrongs don’t make a liberal democratic right.
Notice how such contradiction has been entirely concocted? Mao would be impressed.
You will find yourself questioning why your own government wanted to restrict your freedom. You will find yourself wondering why you are grateful for a communist organisation saving you from the tyranny of your own government.
That’s manufactured contradiction. It’s otherwise known as a wolf in sheep’s clothing.
It’s only a matter of time. Tick, tock.
Dr Michael de Percy @FlaneurPolitiq is the Spectator Australia’s Canberra Press Gallery Correspondent. If you would like to support his writing, or read more of Michael, please visit his website.
