Australian politics is among the most duplicitous in the world. The Australian people have a long history of letting their ruling classes get away with murder - pillage of the land is nothing in a country founded on genocide.
I used to think it was an annoying joke that, when confronted with the fact of my Australian heritage, my American and British colleagues would .. 'jokingly' .. refer to me as a criminal from the prison down under. Now, in my more mature years, I see "Australia, land of criminals" more as a cynical truth, quite as a matter of fact. Australians don't care that their land is being mistreated by massive robots run by multi-national, quasi-sovereign entities - as long as there are avocados to smash ..
I used to think it was an annoying joke that, when confronted with the fact of my Australian heritage, my American and British colleagues would .. 'jokingly' .. refer to me as a criminal from the prison down under. Now, in my more mature years, I see "Australia, land of criminals" more as a cynical truth, quite as a matter of fact. Australians don't care that their land is being mistreated by massive robots run by multi-national, quasi-sovereign entities - as long as there are avocados to smash ..