[1] The Fires: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BmbvTvFQ3g
[1] We're Fine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOmdkN6MOwU
[1] the Safeguard Mechanism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrkE_VaMD4k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6O6sM2Shok
I'm going to lose an hour of my life reminiscing about how Youtube used to be and what it would have been.
"Shattering schemes and the lies that we've been sold. By a fourth estate that rolled over and did as it's told."
"Brought to you by the Department of Thoughts and Prayers"
When I was younger the Australian population essentially believed in a common cohesive set of narratives about themselves and their position in the world and local politics involved arguments that nuanced those beliefs—that is, not much changed.
In recent decades that's changed and the situation has now reached its antithesis to the extent that the country is essentially ungovernable when it comes to big-ticket policies like climate change.
Dozens of vested interests now run government policy, cohesion has long since flown out the window.
Buy a one way ticket to New Zealand.
Doesn’t solve any problems, but it makes it way easier to cope with Australian media and politics.
And shit, you can vote here after 3 years.
Incidentally, decades ago when I first went there I instantly fell in love with the Kaikoura Coast—palm trees, the Pacific Ocean and snowcapped mountains in the same scene. I've been to no other place on the planet where that combination ocurrs, NZ has it all.
Question, why then do you mob so frequently go west and end up in the Emerald City? You should know by now it's only a chimera—'emerald' when viewed from a distance.
See ya mate, have fun in Uzbekistan or wherever you end up.