▲ 70 ▼ David McBride: Australian army whistleblower jailed for leaking documents (www.bbc.co.uk) submitted 2 years ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip [M] to c/globalnews@lemmy.zip 14 comments fedilink hide all child comments David McBride is the first Australian to be jailed over the war crimes allegations his disclosure helped expose. Archived version: https://archive.ph/e9uiW
[–] Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works -1 points 2 years ago (1 child) You can’t vote in a flawed system. Politicians rarely ever listen to voters over lobbyists and paycheques. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) People can vote, I don't see how they can't. The problem is the media is totally in the pocket of the politicians so nobody is exposing all the bullshit or if they are, they get their house firebombed. A strong and independent media is what we need imo. Without that, corruption will just spread again no matter what happens. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] commandar@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago or if they are, they get their house firebombed. For those unfamiliar, this isn't hyperbole: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendlyjordies#Firebombing_incidents permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) People can vote, I don't see how they can't. The problem is the media is totally in the pocket of the politicians so nobody is exposing all the bullshit or if they are, they get their house firebombed. A strong and independent media is what we need imo. Without that, corruption will just spread again no matter what happens. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] commandar@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago or if they are, they get their house firebombed. For those unfamiliar, this isn't hyperbole: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendlyjordies#Firebombing_incidents permalink fedilink source parent
[–] commandar@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago or if they are, they get their house firebombed. For those unfamiliar, this isn't hyperbole: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendlyjordies#Firebombing_incidents permalink fedilink source parent