I was born here, bred here. Went to school here, just a regular urban Australian man. Why does it feel like my fellow countrymen and women unaminously can live in a system I cant comprehend or understand? I found it easier as a child but now the realities of adulthood just make me think I'd rather do virtually anything than engage with such a pathetic fractured system. Fellow Australian adults who must share similar ordeals day in day out can just put up with it and dont seem to really care? Its like we're a country whos amongst the most united in the world, united in our individuality and distrust towards our neighbours and our authorities. We praise our democracy and go about in the world helping our leader the U.S. enforce their interpretation of freedom on the world. We have such mistrust yet fair bet if the sh*t really hit the fan (invasion etc.) we'd probably bound together tighter than just about any other civilization on earth just to defend our civilization of winging and wanting for something better. It seems we're a country that enjoys organised government but no head of state, no unifying figure.

Hello Andrew, that's one heck of a first post - but why did you wait so many months to make it!?

If you're still around, I'm not sure what you were getting at - but I'd be keen to read any elaborations you might like to make - especially: what particular aspects of Australian life you feel have become 'foreign', and; what socio-economic direction/s you think we should be heading in as a nation...

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Fellow Australian adults who must share similar ordeals day in day out can just put up with it and dont seem to really care?

I've lived and worked in a few places overseas and that's the one defining attitude that differs from elsewhere and makes this such a great place - that "I don't really give a sh!t" attitude.

Makes me wonder I keep on coming back to a forum where people apparently care so much about what is basically sh!t.

yea

Andrew wrote on Jun 6^th, 2011 at 8:24pm:

I was born here, bred here. Went to school here, just a regular urban Australian man. Why does it feel like my fellow countrymen and women unaminously can live in a system I cant comprehend or understand? I found it easier as a child but now the realities of adulthood just make me think I'd rather do virtually anything than engage with such a pathetic fractured system. Fellow Australian adults who must share similar ordeals day in day out can just put up with it and dont seem to really care? Its like we're a country whos amongst the most united in the world, united in our individuality and distrust towards our neighbours and our authorities. We praise our democracy and go about in the world helping our leader the U.S. enforce their interpretation of freedom on the world. We have such mistrust yet fair bet if the sh*t really hit the fan (invasion etc.) we'd probably bound together tighter than just about any other civilization on earth just to defend our civilization of winging and wanting for something better. It seems we're a country that enjoys organised government but no head of state, no unifying figure.

hi andrew.
it's the "Aussie" way.
fully agree with you.
for YEARS now i've been warning ppl on this board and others.
we, the ppl, don't have any say that counts in our own destiny here.
no matter whose in govt, the result will be largely the same.
shame really, but aussie's are not active enough politically.
and i'm talking anglo saxons here, not ori's or camel-jocks.
they aren't australian, and never will think like anglos.
j.

I feel pretty empowered at the moment.

Why is that freediver?

I have been campaigning for a carbon tax for about ten years. I always felt like it was a lost cause and there was too much institutional momentum behind a trading scheme.

oops

No but you can love Australia. The motherland of the Aboriginals and any of those who's only living family connection is here. We need our public servants of course but I really am not sure that we need professional politicians. The nation should be run by a Sovereign and his government with the people's representatives there just to do what they are meant to do, bring the people's ideas to a national forum (House of Reps) and in turn once the House has decided on a view put it forward to the Sovereign and if his wise he'll at least take notice of it and if it doesn't interfere with his program than implement it (if nothing else that holds off rebellion and unrest for quite some time). Dont allow those hereditary monarch's make you think that there cant be one suitable person at any time in the country suitable for the job of Sovereign. Rather than being afraid of leadership we should embrace the RIGHT leadership.

The nation won't be run by Politics.
Thats the point.
The Art industry will be running this country's future.
The ACT will be a Political version of what DisneyLand is to Art in the USA.

Financially or 'Professionally',
Australian Politics can only exist in service to the whims of the USA (its European Colony, the UK) and the International Community.
You either "sell out" or "work for", either way - its not sincerely an Australian expression or identity.
The Federal Level of Politics will always serve the USA via the PM and the UK via the G-G.

...thats why, slowly ...Australian Politics is going from a ALP V Liberal to an ALP V Indie/Greens and Liberal V Unions and later the Republicans V the Democrats.
It all just fractures down into simpler, more specialised peices.

Thats why we need a Australian to take the helm and steer the ship or die trying. I cant think of many causes more worthy of such a dedication then making my country a proper country (with its own head of state and unique structure) and pursueing our own interests in the world. Ms. Gllard, Mr. Howard before her and many other Australian "leaders" have talked of "staying the distance" etc. in wars yet if the US pulled out and they were asked about staying the distance wonder what they'd say.

Well its easy to be in charge (like a Dictator using the 'tag-team' concept of ALP V Libs) when you're on the USA/UK Gravy Train.
But if you stand to lead 'Political' Australia as its own identity - then you are setting yourself up to be crucified upon the Southern Cross ...because its POWER TO THE PEOPLE, if you know what I mean ;)

Andrew wrote on Jun 6^th, 2011 at 8:24pm:

I was born here, bred here. Went to school here, just a regular urban Australian man. Why does it feel like my fellow countrymen and women unaminously can live in a system I cant comprehend or understand? I found it easier as a child but now the realities of adulthood just make me think I'd rather do virtually anything than engage with such a pathetic fractured system. Fellow Australian adults who must share similar ordeals day in day out can just put up with it and dont seem to really care? Its like we're a country whos amongst the most united in the world, united in our individuality and distrust towards our neighbours and our authorities. We praise our democracy and go about in the world helping our leader the U.S. enforce their interpretation of freedom on the world. We have such mistrust yet fair bet if the sh*t really hit the fan (invasion etc.) we'd probably bound together tighter than just about any other civilization on earth just to defend our civilization of winging and wanting for something better. It seems we're a country that enjoys organised government but no head of state, no unifying figure.

Mebbe it' time for you to apply for a passport and take trip around the world for a few weeks or a month or two.