Subj : Re: 3.5 weeks to being la
To   : ACMEBBS
From : boraxman
Date : Thu Jul 21 2022 17:40:58

 AC>  
 AC> Welcome to the American way of life. ;) Some would consider me to be a
 AC> Socialist...but having formerly been a talk show producer at a local
 AC> radio station...had on Bernie Sanders and agree with him on many things.
 AC> 

I get accused of being a socialist often too, which I take about as seriously as accusations of "racism" from the woke.

 AC> Hope things are better for you there than here. With roughly 30-40% of
 AC> the population here ready for a civil war...things are going to get
 AC> worse here before they get better. From your version of "60 Minutes"
 AC> (which I enjoy on You Tube)...Australia has many of the same issues as
 AC> they have in the US with organized religion and political leadership
 AC> being intertwined.
 AC> 
 AC> Thank you for telling me more about Australia. Never been there...but it
 AC> makes me excited to learn about other cultures and dream of what could
 AC> be/been.
 AC> 

Australia follows the US culturally, so the troubles you have get imported here.  We even had "BLM" rallies.  Would you believe, there was a rally in my home city, Melbourne, about the Roe vs Wade decision?  Australians copied the MAGA movement here too.  Companies here copy Silicon Valley culture. Schools are copying CRT, etc.

On the other hand, I have a friend who moved to Florida a decade ago, and he loves it there.  Says people there are more friendly than here (which I can believe, Australians are more reserved than American's I've met).  I considered following him, but decided against it.  My wife and I are still wanting to leave, but to where??  I see no future here.

Things are peaceful here, but it is also quite stultifying.  There isn't much here at all, housing is brutally priced and people are pretty
one-tracked.  It was a nicer place in the 80's and early 90's, but greed
become more prominent and people became more selfish.  Much of what made Post WWII Australian fantastic is gone.

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