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Misuse of state powers a massive threat
That's according to Gary Crooke and Tony Fitzgerald, the duo responsible for the Fitzgerald Inquiry, commentating on the current bikie fisaco in QueenslandPoliticians who cynically misuse the power of the state for personal or political benefit are a far greater threat to democracy than criminals, even organised gangs, according to an article on www.abc.net.au by Gary W Crooke and Tony Fitzgerald.
In the article, the pair claims that “almost all politicians, even those who care only for ideology and power and who regard both democracy and ‘ordinary people’ with contempt, claim to represent and speak for those ‘ordinary people’.”
The essay continued:
“Politicians also commonly manipulate and exploit the same ‘ordinary people’. Long-established tactics include populist propaganda; appeals to ignorance, emotion, fear and prejudice; untestable claims to know, and unachievable promises to provide, what ‘ordinary people’ want; lies; half-truths; omissions; and distractions.
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