Marko Matvikov

I generally try to respond to all comments in good faith. I appreciate civil disagreement - it’s an opportunity to test myself and learn from others. But if you show you’re ideologically captured and can’t think critically, then I’ll save my energy for those who aren’t.

Joshua Dale Brown, a 26-year-old former childcare worker, is accused of over 70 child sex offenses against children aged five months to two years old. If found guilty, what value is there in keeping him alive in prison - and likely releasing him? What could society possibly…

I’m going to be less diplomatic than I usually am - Australia is fucked. The housing ponzi has reached unsustainable levels. Demand for coal is reducing, so we can’t rely on it like we have. Manufacturing is almost completely dead and there’s nothing to revive it.…

The irony here is that governments caused the housing ponzi that’s inflated their home values. So whilst I agree, it’s a kick in the guts for those who just want to stay in their home. And then it’s a double kick in the guts to pay stamp duty to downsize - basically a financial…

Investment in research and development has been woeful since the GFC. Between the housing ponzi (that allocates capital away from productive investment), high immigration (that suppresses wage growth), low corporate competition (that ensures market share), and high tax and…

Prediction: The federal government's productivity reforms will result in a net increase to overall taxes and regulations. Simplify, remove, reduce, optimise, streamline? Forget about it.

Only in Victoria can the bureaucracy be so oppressive and the judicial system so inept.

In all the years before my recent ~7 months on X, I was blissfully unaware that Labor is in full-time campaign mode on social media. I thought it was just the election - but no, the propaganda machine seemingly only hibernates for a few weeks at a time.

This is what happens when governments act with urgency in the interest of the majority - and have the competence to deliver positive change, rather than compound the decline.

“More than half of voters now rely on governments for most of their income through public-sector wages, welfare benefits or subsidies.. “ afr.com/policy/economy…

Anarcho-tyranny is defined as government power that is oppressive towards law-abiding citizens, and simultaneously unwilling or unable to be used to carry out basic public duties - such as to ensure public safety and prosecute corruption. I’ve never heard of a more accurate…

My concern is that the government predictably fails to improve productivity and grow the economy within the next 6-12 months, so they resort to all they know how to do before the next election.. .. which is create more government jobs to suppress the unemployment rate, increase…

I often interact with authorities who hate the rules they’re administering or enforcing. From safety inspectors to planning officers to building surveyors, I find them often agreeing with me about how stupid something is that they have to abide by. These rules are imposed by…

Let’s say somebody earns a low income at $1,000 per week and their living expenses excluding housing are $500 per week. They’d be paying about $162 per week in income tax. Now let’s say GST was increased by 5% and that applied to all of their living expenses excluding housing…

And while construction workers per dwelling has also grown, that rate of growth is dwarfed by that of planners.