• zkfcfbzr@lemmy.world
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    She’s an American conservative/fascist, and this was a speaking tour. The Australian government denied her VISA because she had the “capacity to incite discord”, so the tour was canceled. But the tour was managed through a shell company that seems to have existed for essentially this exact eventuality: There are no refunds because the company is now bankrupt, and the money was successfully grifted.

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      A fool and his money are soon parted. I just fucking hate that this is going to end up funding the goddamn right wing conservative grift machine.

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      Events like concerts are often structured in this way to defray risks, even when organisers are genuine.

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      I like to think I could “incite discord” if I really tried. I bet most people could!