We actually are neighbours, there's just a bit of water in between, that your navy dominates.
Outside of Sydney and Melbourne, all of Australia is the English-speaking part, which also has the iron and coal. Just like Donbas.
And we're #2 or #3 in the world for rare earth reserves (UA actually has none of value).
I should shut up about now :p
You make an interesting case. But we'd have to be able to make the case that those English speakers were being oppressed, but as a critical part of the free world you'd be hard-pressed to find rights that Australian do not have full access to.
Rights?
- Guns
- Free speech
- Freedom of Assembly
would be the big ones we're short on.
In my state, being caught in possession of design files or blueprints for a firearm without written authority is a three year prison sentence.
But our government oppresses most of us equally, English is an official language, and no foreign powers are building bases here except the US of A.
No need to liberate us just yet 😉
