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by Azz May 16, 2026 · Edited

The Capital Gains Loophole Is Not Being Closed. It Is Being Nationalised

Australia’s negative gearing and capital gains tax reforms are being sold as fairness. Investors lose part of their advantage. But the deeper machine remains untouched: credit inflates housing, central banks prevent full correction, and government taxes the paper gains. The risk is that the state is not ending the rort. It is taking control of it. And once CPI decides what counts as a “real” gain, people can be taxed as if they became wealthier, even while their actual purchasing power falls. This is not just housing policy. It is about money, property rights and who really owns the output of your labour.

by Azz Feb 19, 2026

The Quiet Capture of the West

The Quiet Capture of the West We face a twin capture: narratives that shape what we believe and economic systems that shape what we can do, presented as loyalty to the civilisation we seek to defend.

by Azz Jan 17, 2026 · Edited

Nostr and the Church in a Hostile World

Much of the church’s life now takes place in digital spaces it does not govern. The structures of those spaces shape how authority, identity, and witness are formed, often in ways the church does not choose. Nostr offers a different model. It allows communication without surrendering identity or visibility to a single corporate system. Churches do not need to host infrastructure to participate, but doing so allows them to create digital spaces ordered toward their own pastoral life and public presence. Nostr does not make the church faithful, but it offers a way to remain present in the digital commons without being managed or reshaped by it.