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I thought his spin was that resistance is futile, should China choose to invade. Does this indicate he may be a Chinese plant?Not wanting to ignore the entertainment value and poetic liscence this clip provides and deserves - and the fact that it's a youtube clip.
However, the fundamental argument of the whole rant is that the military spending is a political ploy for a desparate govt and is being spent on flawed items for flawed reasons instead of being spent on a real threat, such as climate change. That's not a small part, it's the first 4 mins of the clip (minus the obvious comedy cut outs). And I'm not going to argue the call on this govt being desparate and politicising anything it can get its hands on, especially in the national security space. (got Jerusalem Embassy?)
The premise of his argument, that the massive defence spending is wasted because the enemy is not real and the toys are useless, is simply not true. Nothing wrong with the climate change bit (ironically, it's the militaries in most modern countries that are taking climate change seriously and screaming at govts to do something about it) but saying the military spending is only political and the Defence establsihment doesn't understand the threat is just not true.
Again, I get that this is a youtube clip from a less than serious dude that does political outrage-comedy. However, I think that grants the creators of this kind of material too much leeway. I may a bit sensitised to this given the focus on meme warfare and the influence online material like this had on the 2016 presidential election in the US (and since), but material like this, when it is released in the lead up to a federal election, has an impadt. Concocting mistruths and putting them on social media is not a harmless act.
Worst part is, the crux of his argument, that CC is a priority issue, is undermined by framing it in a false argument around defence spending.
@johnny is the sudden burst of chinaphobia actually sudden or a long term thing the general populace hasn't noticed beyond maybe an impact on some housing availability? Or is it a sudden realisation that China has greatly extended their influence in the pacific region, maybe involving questionable aid programs? Or is Clive Palmer nailing it home with his run from the communists anti Labor campaign? Or something else?