Fear: The New Tax on Courage

By Alan MacGregor for Perth Proclaimer

Introduction: Fear of Judgement, the New Chains

Fear isn’t just an emotion anymore. It’s become a management system. Fear of judgement is the leash tied around the neck of nations. Fear of what the neighbour might think. Fear of what the HR department might say. Fear of being called a nasty name online by someone with a gender studies degree and a Twitter handle that reads like an eye infection.

We’re not talking about fear of spiders, snakes, or sharks - the stuff that makes sense in Australia. No, we’re talking about the manufactured fear of weak people. The ideological fools. The mob who mistake their feelings for facts and their tantrums for justice.

And the tragedy? Good people, decent people, have allowed their basic politeness to be weaponised. What used to be courtesy has become compliance. What used to be tolerance has become submission.

Politicians now rule not by leading, but by anticipating the next media headline. And the media itself doesn’t inform anymore - it dictates. The whole thing looks less like democracy and more like a hostage situation where the ransom note is written in hashtags.

Common Law or Common Politeness?

Here’s a thought: How can we be called a Commonwealth if there is no common law? That was supposed to be the glue. Shared laws, shared liberties, a shared understanding that you didn’t need to bow before the crown every time you bought a loaf of bread.

But common law has been quietly sidelined. Instead, we’re governed by a mutant form of etiquette: Common Politeness. Say the wrong thing and it isn’t just rude - it’s criminal. Disagree too loudly and it isn’t just controversial - it’s “hate speech.”

And you can forget about politicians invoking Magna Carta or the Bill of Rights. These days they’re more likely to quote their diversity consultant.

Saying “No” – the Forgotten Superpower

The most radical thing you can do today? Say No. It’s one syllable long, and it terrifies ideologues.

• No, a straight man doesn’t have to tolerate the taunts and expectations of a gay man.

• No, a woman doesn’t have to swallow her discomfort because society is drunk on “self-expression.”

• No, you don’t have to treat abnormality as the new national religion.

Being “different” is fine. Until “different” is compulsory. Until the parade comes with a government mandate. Until disagreeing is treated like a disease.

And let’s be brutally honest: there are more prescriptions written for the LGBTQI+ community than for any other group on Earth. That’s not hate speech. That’s just a fact. And yet we’re told the only cure is more parades, more slogans, more indoctrination.

Climate: The Green Priesthood

Ah yes, the other holy sacrament of our time: Climate hysteria.

The UN, with its army of bureaucrats who’ve never held a shovel, insists your carbon footprint is cooking the planet. Meanwhile, geologists - the people who actually study rocks older than your grandmother’s dentures - keep pointing out that the Earth has been through hotter, colder, wetter, drier, and everything in between. Long before humans discovered coal or the iPhone.

The UN’s science is basically a hostage note: “Give us your money, or the weather gets it.”

Geology doesn’t lie. Ice cores don’t care about your Tesla. But still, you’re supposed to believe that your weekend barbecue is melting Antarctica.

And here’s the kicker: the UN’s 17 “Sustainable Development Goals” are nothing to do with sustainability. They’re a corporate mission statement for humanity. Spreadsheets for serfdom. A management plan for your life, designed by people you’ve never voted for.

The First Nations Trap: Language as a Weapon

“If you don’t agree, you’re a racist.”

It’s the ultimate trump card, isn’t it? Doesn’t matter what the issue is - the second you step out of line, out it comes. Racist. Bigot. Nazi. Fascist. Pick your insult.

The First Nations game is just another guilt scam. Every human being is a first nation of somewhere. Every child born today is the first generation of their own family. But no, you must accept that this particular phrase has magical moral powers.

The irony? By flogging “First Nations” rhetoric as a bludgeon, activists cheapen the very people they claim to defend. Instead of honouring culture, they’ve turned it into a perpetual grievance racket.

Dismissing Stupidity – The Sharp Edge

Here’s the truth about ideologues: you can’t argue with them. Facts bounce off them like rain on a tin roof. Logic doesn’t dent them. They don’t want debate; they want compliance.

So why bother? Don’t out-statistic them. Don’t out-chart them. Just dismiss them.

When they scream “You’re a bigot!” shrug and say “So?”
When they call you a climate denier, ask them to define “climate.”
When they tell you to download a Digital ID app, tell them where to stick their QR code.

You don’t defeat stupidity with essays. You defeat it with contempt.

The Stand of Patriots

In this swamp of fear, a handful of groups refuse to kneel:

• The Australian Patriots Party

• Washroom Studio

• The Perth Proclaimer

• One Nation

We’ve stood together while the rest of the political class bent over. We don’t retreat. We don’t negotiate with hysteria. We don’t treat delusion as fact.

This fight isn’t about today. It’s about our children. And theirs. If we surrender to polite tyranny now, they inherit chains. If we stand, they inherit a nation.

The Digital ID Trojan Horse

It’s not just Australia. Scotland. Ireland. Wales. England. All herded towards Digital ID like cattle into a bureaucrat’s abattoir.

And the script is always the same:

1. Manufacture fear. (Climate, racism, pandemics, whatever’s trending.)

2. Offer salvation. (Digital ID, Net Zero, equity quotas.)

3. Shame dissenters. (“Do you want grandma to die? Do you hate Aborigines? Are you against science?”)

4. Convert voluntary compliance into law.

It’s not conspiracy theory. It’s project management. It’s the 17 SDGs written in real time.

Fear + Complacency = Tyranny

Tyranny doesn’t march in jackboots anymore. It slides in politely, with a press release. It sells itself with slogans about “safety” and “inclusion.”

And it only works when people are scared of words. When fear of judgement is stronger than the instinct to fight.

That’s the real danger: not the ideologues, not the bureaucrats, not even the UN. It’s the polite silence of the majority. The shrugging “what can you do?” attitude. The fear of being called something nasty.

Fear and complacency: the perfect recipe for tyranny.

A Field Manual for Rebels

So how do you fight back? It’s simpler than you think.

• Stop apologising. You weren’t born guilty.

• Call things what they are. Delusion isn’t identity. Tyranny isn’t progress.

• Laugh more. Ideologues hate laughter; it robs them of their power.

• Say “No.” It’s the smallest act of rebellion and the most effective.

• Use cash. A $50 note in your hand is freedom. A QR code in your pocket is slavery.

Conclusion: A Toast to the Unafraid

Here’s to those who stand when the crowd sits. To those who laugh in the face of hashtags. To those who’d rather be insulted than silenced.

Here’s to the Australian Patriots Party, to Washroom Studio, to the Perth Proclaimer, to One Nation. To everyone who refuses to bend the knee to ideological bullying.

This isn’t about politics. This is about survival. About courage. About a nation worth handing down.

Fear of judgement? That’s the cheapest chain they’ll ever try to lock you with. Break it, and the whole edifice crumbles.

Alan’s One Liner:
“If you’re scared of being called names, maybe politics isn’t for you. But freedom is.”