There is something worse than political violence

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For several weeks, Australian leaders have condemned the attempted assassination of Donald Trump.

This reaction is self-serving and opportunistic yet, on its surface, also supportive of the community.

But there is something worse than political violence: apathy.

When a person is the victim of a crime and turns to authorities for protection or justice, it is a greater violation to deny it happened.

This is what Australian leaders have done by whinging about political violence.

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Albo couldn’t wait to castigate the pro-Palestinian protesters outside of his office. He used American violence for his ends, thus invalidating it.

Those who care about Palestine will not be cowed or placated by being invalidated. They will be enraged.

Worse, Albo’s reaction is the same across all manner of issues.

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Falling living standards, housing for youth, rent shock, massive utility bill inflation, relentlessly falling real incomes, galavanting energy cartels, wrecked industry, and a permanent per capita recession are all forms of political violence.

The denial that it is happening or being fixed is even more destructive, while the Albanese government causes all of it!

People can survive being abused. They cannot survive being told that it is not happening.

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About the author
David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.