Can they take their US bases back with them? I think it's only fair to ratfuck in US politics if they're gonna ratfuck our to begin with.

I don't disagree about violence being common, sorry for implying that.

My intention is to imply that the level of violence expected in Australia is an order of magnitude less than in the US, and part of that is that we don't have the same displays of hard power happening here like in the US.

I think that's where our perspectives likely differ, then. IMO wielding this kind of hard power can unintentionally normalise a higher expectation of violence within society. Personally, I'd only want to reach for it if things are already escalating, like a sort of "MAD Theory", but for small arms.

Or only if soft power fails?

Australia just had a complete wipeout of its main right wing party, so I certainly have no want for hard power right now.

So, to clarify, if that was to change, your suggestion is to wield this hard power to try and influence politics instead?

But why do I want "hard power"?

"You should want to be proficient in arms and armor for its own sake."

Why tho?

It's so weird to see Triple J written out like that.

Heckin

echo chambers suck. what you need instead is to let your enemies yell at you all the time

"I've tried nothing and I'm already out of ideas" - your algorithm, probably