RJInteresting commentary on the referendum outcome. Where do we go from here?
"Liberal democracy depends on rational debate, where evidence is testable, both sides use a common language and accept accountability for misleading. If democracy is to survive, it will require each of us to commit to hard knowledge, rational calculation, basic values and an obstinate will to end avoidable suffering."
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Truth and the threats to liberal democracy | The Saturday Paper
https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topic/2023/10/28/truth-and-the-threats-liberal-democracy
Truth and the threats to liberal democracy
“Let her and Falsehood grapple; who ever knew Truth put to the worse, in a free and open encounter?” – John Milton, Areopagitica (1644) The Voice referendum was the first constitutional referendum to be held since 1999. No Australian under the age of 42 had ever voted in one. In that 24-year period, the world has changed beyond recognition.