From an Australian's perspective, but generally speaking the active suppression of valid viewpoints for the pecuniary benefit of an individual isn't an acceptable cultural belief for us since Australian values are largely based around the principles of egalitarianism and the right to fair comment.

Most decent intelligent Aussies would agree with that statement in principle.

Hit the nail on the head. It is all about control.

Much like the big fish that dominates in a small pond who decides to establish a presence in a much larger ocean with only a handful of remora rather than an entire isolated ecosystem to protect them and gradually comes to the realisation they no longer have the same level of piscatorial clout.

It really seems to depend on how many parrotfish the trout can surround themselves with.

Or at least that seems to be how the oddball taxonomy operates down here in southern waters.

Thankfully there appears to be much more biodiversity north of the equator.