g’day

i’ve been rattled today.

charlie kirk was someone i often disagreed with.

but i respected him.

he showed up and literally set up an open mic to opinions he didn’t agree with. he was a totem of free speech; an open mic in human form.

we argue, we go home safe. that’s the deal.
and last night, the deal broke.

it didn’t just feel wrong. it felt like something bigger cracking.

zoom out.

in the book of human history, freedom is not the default setting. violence is.

open speech, scientific method, equal protection under the law - these are weird little hacks we’ve patched onto the system. they only keep running if someone keeps maintaining them.

and we’re not maintaining them.

speech is getting softer. safety is breaking down. standards of living are plateauing, if not falling.

a ceo murdered. a political activist gunned down. teenagers killed with machetes in melbourne. arrests in the uk for contentious comments.

this isn’t “the world going crazy.”

this is entropy.

systems decay if they’re not kept up.

truth gets massaged. institutions bloat. moral compasses glitch.

power shifts from the people who earn trust… to the ones who can control speech.

it’s not just america and the uk.

australia isn’t immune.

our freedoms feel normal. they’re not. they’re exceptionally fragile.

this operating system - western society - is worth protecting.

but to do so, we need to appreciate what we’re protecting.

so ask yourself this:

what do you actually value about western society?

is it free speech? the sanctity of truth? presumption of innocence? independent media? elected leadership? the right to say something unpopular?

whatever your list is - write it down. name it.

then pick one thing. and stand up for it.

defend it in your life.

not in the comments section - out loud. in public. when it matters.

because if we don’t stand up for it, who will?

charlie

ps – launched a new video today, breaking down how the australian government spent my tax last year (and how i’d change it)

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