Why competent government is the answer to political extremism
America has its unique national blind spot for guns, but as two timely reports on social cohesion and democracy point out, the ingredients of division and extremism have been rising everywhere.
The ever-wily ASIO chief, Mike Burgess, nailed it when he warned there was a group of people, of no particular political stripe, motivated by “a toxic cocktail of conspiracies, grievances and anti-authority beliefs”.
“The reach of extremist content online means individuals are radicalising very quickly – in days and weeks – so the time between flash to bang is shorter than ever,” he said in his annual assessment last year.
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