I worry that, as a country, we will struggle to look the next generation in the eye. I suppose we will all arrive in our own time, and some, not at all. Others, like me, have been raging against the machine for some time. Many are still enjoying the warm insidious embrace of their taxpayerfunded Stockholm Syndrome. It’s as though we’ve either been in collective denial or felt it was futile to speak out. It has been surreal to watch the gradual incursion on our rights, the blooming of hypocrisy, and the rabid distain directed at those desperate to earn a living. It’s as though COVID-19 could not be transmitted to or by the elites, rather it was a disease of the socially unconnected. We have seen restrictions binned or bent for sports people and celebrities and yet everyday Australians have been separated from their families and denied spending final moments with loved ones. But it soon became apparent that we were not, in fact, all in this together but rather there was ‘one rule for me and one rule for thee’. How will we view government overreach, the much-vaunted health experts, and the subjugation of our rights?Īre we going to be comfortable with the sweeping and oppressive government restrictions, which were ushered in without so much as a squeal, the sidelining of compassion, and the politicisation of our police forces?įor the initial months of the shutdown, I went along with it like most people – I didn’t want Australia to end up like Italy. Unfortunately for WA and Qld, substantive change remains unlikely.īut, I wonder, once we are on the other side, how we will look back at the shitshow, which has been the last 18 months. Melbourne should’ve shrugged off their evening curfew and Sydneysiders may even be soaking up some sun in Fiji. And for those home schooling their kids – the cavalry is on its way.įingers crossed, by the time this piece is published, we would’ve returned to some semblance of normal. I know that’s cold comfort for those currently hanging for a beer or a haircut, but a cold brew and a trim are, relatively speaking, just around the corner. It’s a dim, flickering, light but it’s there. WE ARE finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. WHEN WE LOOK BACK AT 2020/2021 HOW ARE WE GOING TO FEEL ABOUT OUR POLITICAL CLASS, OUR SUBJUGATION AND OUR SUBMISSIVENESS? CAROLINE DI RUSSO PONDERS
JAI OPETAIA UNHERD Will We Look Back In Anger?
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