The complicit implicit and explicit lies of others

June 19, 2026

Demagogues and dictators also rely on the ineptitude, timidity and cowardice of others e.g. Democrats in the US, Labour in the UK and Labor in Australia who have been complicit in implicitly and/or explicitly tolerating Israel’s apartheid and ethnic cleansing and genocide of Palestinians. Selective concerns and actions which ignore Israel’s historical systematic war crimes are meaningless and hypocritical and, indeed, validate Israel’s lies about its war crimes. The liars include more than Hanson, Morrison and Trump. Recovering integrity in politics requires more politicians and political parties to speak honestly without fear. It is insufficient to criticise demagogues and dictators of lying when the critics themselves also lie.