This is an excellent write up on what bothers me the most – the societal rot we’re experiencing is true the world over, and it makes me angry and sad that this could just happen, haphazardly and without any consequences other than the turmoil it created…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Trump effect has helped make Australia\u2019s democracy more untruthful, cynical, angrily partisan, culturally charged, and politicized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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