SLCW on Nostr: I agree with you, although I can't speak about Australia specifically. But people ...

I agree with you, although I can't speak about Australia specifically. But people have a tendency to pay a role, and outwardly model their behavior on what they perceive as expected. The media is shaping expectations, and people who are really somewhere in between far-left and far-right are changing their behavior to conform with with they believe is expected, as conveyed by the media. It's all performative. When you actually ask these people about their views on various topics, it becomes clear they're a lot less extreme than their performance would indicate.