I have heard many people critisise the Abbott Government, and many more sing his praises. I have even seen him referred to as ‘Hitler’. This may seem a bit extreme, but could Abbott be a dictator in the making? You decide.
Elements of Dictatorship
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Use of Force
¨ Maintain / transmit control
- http://www.afr.com/p/national/abbott_office_takes_control_of_ministers_kOrNDWvxfGRPUF4FEGzQPK
- http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/04/tony-abbotts-office-has-obsessive-centralised-control-phobia
¨ Terror and violence are effective measures for subduing population
- http://theaimn.com/2013/11/17/tony-abbott-condones-torture-music-and-politics/
- https://newmatilda.com/2013/10/23/we-live-terror-mr-abbott
- http://www.independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/tony-abbott-university-bigot-and-bully-and-still-one-today,4494
- http://turnleft2013.wordpress.com/2012/04/22/tony-abbott-charged-with-indecent-assault-he-must-step-down/
¨ Swift and arbitrary punishment to anyone suspected of disloyalty
- http://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=9&cad=rja&ved=0CHgQFjAI&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amnesty.ca%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fmanus_island_report_final_11_dec_2013.doc&ei=7qDoUqebKIGglAXNsIGoAg&usg=AFQjCNGXAe6ZYnIZJnk–UojH3xQrdSIEQ&sig2=OI1kD8OJ0I08Fw614KQC6w
- http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/state-politics/judge-slamscampbell-newman-over-laws/story-e6frgczx-1226760186460# (not Abbott, but same party)
- http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-01-29/tony-abbott-steps-up-criticism-of-abc/5224676
¨ Torture, imprisonment, liquidation
- http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-01-22/australian-navy-accused-of-beating-burning-asylum-seekers/5211996
- http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/difficult-things-happen-tony-abbott-defends-sri-lanka/story-fn59niix-1226761423014#
- http://www.independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/tony-abbotts-torturous-patrol-boat-diplomacy,5912
- http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/asylumseekers-tortured-and-raped-at-australian-detention-centre-8730727.html
- http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2013/11/26/unhcr-slams-aust-asylum-seeker-treatment
- http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/08/25/1061663705924.html
- http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/mark-latham-tackles-tony-abbott-over-role-in-jailing-of-pauline-hanson/story-fn59niix-1225904322829
- https://newmatilda.com/2012/12/11/how-abbott-funded-fight-against-one-nation
- While Tony has yet to order any liquidations, sending asylum seekers home to be tortured and killed is tantamount to murder.
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Indoctrination
¨ Systematic instruction of political ideas
- https://watchingthedeniers.wordpress.com/category/tony-abbott/
- https://theconversation.com/culture-wars-ii-why-abbott-should-leave-the-history-curriculum-alone-17925
¨ Takes the place of education
¨ Schools and university serve the interest of government
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Controlled Participation
¨ No dissent, no opposition
- http://www.internationalpolicydigest.org/2013/11/11/tony-abbotts-tryst-destiny/
- http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-02-08/shit-happens-abbott-grilled-over-digger-remark/1935128
- http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/12/04/the-war-on-whistleblowers-its-come-to-australia/?wpmp_switcher=mobile
¨ Massive censorship
- http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/09/10/back-to-the-future-with-the-coalitions-net-nanny-policy/
- http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/tony-abbott-under-fire-over-gun-photo-censorship/story-fn59niix-1225937873405
- http://au.news.yahoo.com/nsw/a/18775934/coalition-may-censor-boat-arrivals/
- http://greensmps.org.au/content/media-releases/tony-abbott-huge-risk-australian-arts
- https://newmatilda.com/2013/10/16/abbott-puts-gag-australia
- http://lataan.blogspot.com.au/2013/09/australia-censors-all-news-on-refugee.html
- http://www.starobserver.com.au/news/local-news/new-south-wales-news/queer-students-threatened-with-arrest-over-abbott-shirts/109372
- http://www.afr.com/p/opinion/free_speech_is_abbott_first_victim_T1dnTWxeTDno7y3cLJwVfM
¨ Allow people a sense of participating in government
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_federal_election,_2013
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Direction of Popular Discontent
¨ Direct government grievances towards a group of people
- http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/policy/abbott-slams-boatpeople-as-un-christian/story-fn9hm1gu-1226422034305#
- http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/4123872.html
- http://blogs.bluebec.com/tony-abbott-christianity-and-boat-people/
¨ Government must find someone to blame (scape-goating)
- http://www.phonytonyabbott.com/lies-and-deceptions/tony-abbott-compares-asylum-seekers-drug-runners
- http://whatistherundude.wordpress.com/2012/08/23/20-quotes-from-tony-abbott-to-remind-you-why-he-shouldnt-be-prime-minister/
- http://www.news.com.au/national/liberal-fiona-scott-links-asylum-seekers-to-sydney-traffic-problems/story-fnho52ip-1226709650526 (Not Abbott, but one of his ‘favoured’ candidates)
Remember, even Hitler was elected!
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