We can look to history to see the similarities with today. And whilst we don’t have a Hilter running Australia, we are battling with a cultural shift that, if not addressed, gives rise to extremists capitalising on it.
It was written in the Holocaust Encyclopaedia that the Holocaust was a series of events that happened over a long period of time. Jews were dehumanised, deprived of many legal rights, became the victims of both random and organised violence, and were socially, if not physically, isolated from the rest of the population. Many people became “bystanders” to this ever-radicalising program long before the mass roundups and killings began.
Whilst God willing, we will never see that repeated we are witnessing the random and organised violence against Jews in our own country. We graphically see the manifestation of the radicalisation of young people who are encouraged by leftwing ‘elites’ who collectively march in the streets every weekend. They march, holding up signs calling for the death of Jews and supporting terrorist groups like Hamas, Hezbollah and they defend terrorist funding nations like Iran. This is alarming behaviour and yet the bulk of the population and the leaders of this country are “bystanders”.
We should be outraged by this and the excuse used by many “well look at what is happening in Gaza” has stuff all to do with it. What is happening in the Middle East is tragic, but we MUST not allow that to manifest any longer on our shores. It was a close call in Melbourne on Friday with the torching of a synagogue whilst people were inside thankfully no one was injured this time. But it is only a matter of time before someone will be.
We must demand that the leaders of this country come out of hiding and take steps to quell what is now the persecution of Jews on our soil. And the majority of people doing this aren’t recent migrants they are people from many countries now living in Australia and many who are Australian born with no links to the Middle East. This is about a changing culture and a culture war.
It pays to remember that it only took nine years between 1924 and 1933 for the Nazi Party to be transformed from a small, violent, revolutionary party to the largest elected party in the Reichstag. They were able to do this largely by propaganda aimed at exploiting people’s fear of uncertainty and instability. Jews also featured heavily in the Nazi propaganda as enemies of the German people.
Think about this in relation to what’s happening now. For some years, the young (in particular) and the so labelled marginalised have been brainwashed into believing their future is bleak. Climate change, inequity and various other pieces of propaganda pumped out daily have driven this. Those who have a vested interest in changing our culture promote it. When in fact, people today have more opportunity than ever, but that gets lost in the relentless bombardment of alarmism, hate, and lies that spread like wildfire on social media.
As Max Horder wrote in his superb piece recently, Assassin’s creed this in now manifesting as online subcultures normalising and justifying violence. He wrote of the justification of attempts on Trump’s life. The widespread public support for smashing up Tesla dealerships–and for shooting Elon Musk because he had the temerity to work for Trump.
Horder wrote of the applause for the actual murder of Unitedhealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in December last year, which still goes on, unabated, online. And the accused killer, Luigi Mangione, is praised, respected and even worshipped by a small; but growing social media community. A psychotic murderer has become a hero for youngsters, who imagine he stands for vigilante justice against corporate greed. Many view Jews the same way. They are the oppressors who stole land from the Palestinians when actual history tells a very different story. But that doesn’t matter because this new culture praises the terrorists, hates democracy and views Israel as the world of the rich. Hence we see that manifested in attacking and vilifying Jews in Australia
What we are witnessing in Australia is an entirely new subculture for incubating radical and subversive ideas that are an anathema to the things Australia has historically stood for. With the power of the internet, this can get out of hand very quickly if we are not careful and we can’t afford to be bystanders any longer.
I personally think this is one of the most important discussions we need to have in our country. The question of how do we address this? I don’t the answers apart from keeping it front of mind in the hope others also recognise the seriousness. Then that we collectively in turn keep the pressure on the leaders of this country to get off the fence and start addressing this. We need action not weasel words.
