#nostriches and #austriches

Just caught up with a mate who assisted his old business at a large trade show in Austin, Texas.

His comparison to Australia was that the US vibe was optimistic. Retailers spending at trade shows, good outlook and general consensus that economy was NOT falling apart.

What will be the straw the breaks the camel’s back here?

- growing homelessness

- relentlessly immigration

- per capita recession coming up 7 quarters in a row

- worst decline of living standards among peers (and non peers!)

- small businesses going bust

- increasing taxes to fuel handouts and 💩 policies

All of those make me 😡

But what’s most alarming is the second level consequences of this:

https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3287757/why-young-australians-dont-want-join-military-war-messed

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...Recruiting foreign nationals will just tank it further.

Oops, looks like people caught on that the real enemy is closer to home & destroying the place from within...

Many large companies require CEOs hold options for years after leaving before they can cash in. Keeps them from trashing the place for short-term gains.

#Australia should require our PMs maintain residency for years after leaving offive, same reason.

Rudd, Gillard, Howard - all bolted for cushy jobs in the US of A before their seats were cold.

Energy prices making the #HousingPonzi unaffordable.

We’re years off, but that’s what I see on the horizon.

They could fix it, but it would require firing themselves & all their useful idiots, repealing all the B.S. for the last 30 years & ceasing the treason of taking direction from foreign powers.

So it ain't happening...

And they can forget about looking at the older ones, they wanted to play B.S. politics & fucked it, this shit ain't worth it.

That's the thing - some young people would be willing to serve, but their elders (like me) tell them truthfully that the govt is totally unworthy.

Sadly true.

One of the more hopeful lessons of both WW1 and WW2 is that Australian society can industrialise rapidly IF the government gets out of the way. After WW1 we de-industrialised again immediately, but after WW2 the government took a while to destroy everything again.

Book - "The Role of Science and Industry in the War 1939-45", I recommend.

https://annas-archive.org/slow_download/cd14dce28bcc99c759c79ae127b802c8/0/2