"Some among the “No” camp argue the Voice will have unintended consequences. They claim it will forever change the Constitution, a document as fragile and unforgiving as tissue paper.

This offers an illusion of dignity. It says the “No” voter carries with him the wisdom of the law. He is defending a special, complicated part of the country, a sheaf of prudence on which we wrote down the binding truths about ourselves.

Of course, in reality he is defending only himself. He is defending a mean-spirited conception of Australia. When he argues, all he is arguing is that he is better than the people who lived here before him, whose country was taken. He is arguing that he won and he doesn’t see the point of talking any further."

#auspol #TheVoice #VoteYes

Tight-shirted rage | The Saturday Paper
https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/editorial/2023/10/07/tight-shirted-rage#mtr