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CIA couped Whitlam, theres something the US government knows about UFOs that they aren't sharing(it might be aliens but I haven't seen convincing evidence), the Karen meme was pushed to make caring about consumer rights "cringe", and probably some others I can't think of right now
CIA 100% couped Whitlam, but at this point I want to know what happened to Holt
"teehee prime minister drowned and we names funi swimming pool after him" no longer does it for me.
I don't think theres anything special to Holt. He was a strong swimmer but plenty of strong swimmers get caught in a rip or something or have a heart attack and drown. Maybe I'm just lacking information on it though. I've never looked deeply into it
yeah true, he probably just did considering they went to the bass strait side of the peninsula, but it's just wild to me that a sitting prime minister, known strong swimmer and avid spear fisherman can just be a death at sea without a trace. Especially a dude who by all accounts should have understood or been able to identify a rip.
i think it's more just not comprehending the technological leaps and changes on process between the 60s and say 2000 if you're born in the 90s. Like if this happened today or in the last 20 years, they'd be running subs, choppers, sonar scans and everything else until they found a body for confirmation. Back then, they prob just sent two boats out and maybe a navy diver and called it off when the seas were rough as fuck.
I just want a James Cameron-esque expedition to find a body or something. People ran with him defecting via a Chinese mini sub or being killed underwater by a CIA or Japanese diver and i don't think either of those happened, but i just can't believe there's no evidence at all. It's just inconceivable in this day and age
Karen started out with being about white women using their privilege to hurt others - barbeque Becky was the prototype. Like with most things it got flanderised as soon as it hit mainstream