Speaking as a kiwi, Australia is the US of the southern hemisphere.
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You’re right, and New Zealand is our nicer, saner neighbour (Canada of the southern hemisphere)
As an Australian, I have to agree. It sucks
You know, as an American, I've always felt like Australia was like even bigger Texas. Obviously, this isn't based on any firsthand experience, just my perception based on media, stereotypes, and memes. Like I said, I'm American.
Most of Texas is a conservative racist hellhole.
AFAIK Australians are orders of magnitudes better.
Compared to the US, probably, but in general Australia is a right wing conservative place, when compared to neighbours like NZ.
Have you seen the Governembt NZ elected and what they're doing to the Treaty ?
While as an Aussie who mostly agrees Australia is a conservative ass backwards shit hole, it would appear NZ is now aspirationaly Australia.
Oh yeah they are getting worse, but im not talking past 1 or two years, I’m more talking past 50 years timeframe.
Having conservatism without the racism is like a pipe dream in the US
Oh we also have that, my boss whose parents were immigrants hates immigrants.
"I love a sunburnt country, I love it a lot... it's just a pity about all the redneck fucks!" 🎵🎹🎵
I can understand that, as an American, Australia is near the top of the list of countries I'd consider moving to.
Uhoh. Australia is gonna have to build a wall, isn't it?
They need two walls, one to keep Americans out and one to keep emus trapped in the middle.
No, we let then in, they've already won, they even have war bases here that Australian federal politcans are not allowed to visit.
Personally I'd rather China took over, at least we'd get decent railways.
It makes some sense. Australia is not that unlike the US: there’s a lot of geographical spread, people more or less speak the same language, much of it is car-centric so you won’t have to get used to walking/cycling everywhere as you might in Europe, plus there’s a more or less functioning state healthcare system and much fewer guns in the hands of the general public. On the downside, the wildlife wants to kill you, and the locals will call you a “bloody seppo bastard” (rhyming slang for American, from “septic tank”/“yank”), though sometimes affectionately.
i have literally never heard the term seppo
Seppo if they're trying to be derogatory. Otherwise it's just yank.
“yank” sounds seriously old-fashioned, like something from the Crocodile Dundee era.
In my friend group it’s like the american equivalent of pommy for brits.
Spoken by someone who has no idea.
Not for long.
Thats because Australia is a much better place to live for the average citizen.
That doesn't explain why some of these countries are green.
Guyana surprises me a little bit. The spectre of war is probably pretty unpleasant, but on the flipside that's one of the fastest growing economies in the world. The economic situation should be, at a minimum, stable for the average person.
It's pretty fat away.
Finally, a different map
Because its one big US military base
Thats because Australia is a much better place to live for the average citizen.