MeisterEckhart wrote on Jul 14^th, 2024 at 8:18am:


Mateship excludes women.

Australians are not Francophiles.

Defence is a burden on the underclasses and excludes the wealthy from service.

Tyranny is a symptom of authoritarianism and there is no evidence of any Australian movement against it.

Australians are obedient followers of internet culture.

Mateship excludes women.

Laugh till you cry wrote on Jul 14^th, 2024 at 9:12am:

Mateship does not exclude women any more than fraternity, 'all men created equal' and 'brotherhood of man' do.

Mateship/fraternity has nothing to do with Francophilia.

During the 18th and 19th centuries of Australian settlement, there was a distinct divide between the ruling classes and 'the common man' - particularly in the playing out of English-Irish animosity transplanted in Australia - hence the enduring popularity of the Ned Kelly legend, not to mention the Eureka Stockade.

The attempt to create an Australian aristocratic class in the 19th century was ruthlessly lampooned in Australia - the Bunyip Aristocracy - and condemned as an attempt to create an authoritarian oligarchy.

You are a good example of an obedient and mindless follower of internet culture.

The only common attribute of non-Aboriginal Australians was multiculturalism which is not particularly Australian.

... We're not as politically or socially 'chill' as people think

You think this place is chill?

We might have a reputation as a 'lucky country' so propped up by mining wealth we don't need to worry about anything, but, as Reddit user TheNamelessComposer in the AskAnAustralian Reddit group explains, we have our share of social and political problems.

"I know either way you can't generalise a nation of 26 million individual human beings," TheNamelessComposer began, before going on to do his best to generalise a nation of 26 million individual human beings, "who vary as humans do anywhere, but the popular image of the Aussie overseas is some easy-going, laid-back larrikin: Crocodile Dundee, Steve Irwin, some random stockman, surfer etc."

"They don't get too worked up about things, take it as it comes, like a joke etc. But even if we take city folk, as most of us are, how true is this, really?"

"Maybe things have changed, but I feel in many ways Aussies as a whole aren't really that laidback, easy-going. The whole 'she'll be right' mentality, either. I think we still have that British uptightness, a fondness for rules and rigidly adhering to them (just look at our bureaucracy). Also the repression, dare I say toxic masculinity to some degree, social policing."

"I also feel there's a definite undercurrent of aggression in Australian society, regardless of how one appears on the outside. E.g. road rage, a lot of random verbal aggression etc on the street, I mean there are other issues at play. Many also seem pretty easily offended."

"Not meaning to bash Australians, I do think most are pretty down to earth, many are good-humoured etc, and we're far from unique in this regard, I just don't know if we're particularly any more deserving of this title (I guess some might not see it as wholly positive) as other similar nations."

"I suppose life in general is getting busier, more hectic, complicated in some ways, and people all over the world are becoming more alike." ...