Peterthegreatworrier
15-09-15, 09:05
Hi. I know this may sound far fetched and an overaction, but I'm worried that Australia's (if you don't know) recent trend of having prime ministers deposed by members of their own party (the third such case just happened last night!) would make my country politically unstable and ripe for a coup and the establishment of a dictatorship. I am very interested in totalitarian regimes, like Hitler's and Stalin's, and so I know that these people only came to power when there was a weak, ineffectual government, great popular discontent and other major issues. I keep trying to tell myself that the situations in those cases were extreeme and do not even remotely apply to Australia's situation. However, comments I have heard in the media, such as that "Australia is the Pacific's most unstable democracy" and that "the rate of bloodless coups in Australia is equal to that of third world nations" really gets me freaked out and makes me fear that the future might have an Australian leader being placed on par with the likes of Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot, Kim Jong Il, etc.
I am glad to live in such a free and safe country as Australia, and I know that the ability to replace leaders by ballot is a testament to the strength of the democratic process, which is denied in so many other nations. I guess I just need some reassurance on this issue.:flowers:
Regards, Peterthegreatworrier.
I am glad to live in such a free and safe country as Australia, and I know that the ability to replace leaders by ballot is a testament to the strength of the democratic process, which is denied in so many other nations. I guess I just need some reassurance on this issue.:flowers:
Regards, Peterthegreatworrier.