As an immigrant of 29 years myself, I watched my lovely home country, the UK, be wrecked by the libertarians neoliberal politics of Thatcher onwards. That culminated in the nonsense if Brexit.
I moved to my wife’s hometown, became a citizen and now watch with horror as the current libertarians neoliberal politics wrecks my new home here.
The inequality, ridiculous economy built on land & property speculation and the refusal to invest in infrastructure to come for the increased population makes me angry beyond belief. I have nieces and nephews who live in Australia and have no intention of returning.
We have a PM who said, ‘I’m rich so I’m sorted’. Bully for him! What he didn’t say but knows is that his politics means the rest of us not rich and sorted can suck it up because the last thing he and his government will do is help it change!
I’m sorry you have to watch it play out on a delayed time scale here, and yeah, it sucks, doesn’t it? I think it’s also happening in Australia too, and the only difference is that the ladder hasn’t been pulled up yet compared to here. When I read the news, I think that China—regardless of people’s feelings about it—is the only world power that seems to have a vision for the future: building solar panels, reducing its emissions, and more.
As an immigrant of 29 years myself, I watched my lovely home country, the UK, be wrecked by the libertarians neoliberal politics of Thatcher onwards. That culminated in the nonsense if Brexit.
I moved to my wife’s hometown, became a citizen and now watch with horror as the current libertarians neoliberal politics wrecks my new home here.
The inequality, ridiculous economy built on land & property speculation and the refusal to invest in infrastructure to come for the increased population makes me angry beyond belief. I have nieces and nephews who live in Australia and have no intention of returning.
We have a PM who said, ‘I’m rich so I’m sorted’. Bully for him! What he didn’t say but knows is that his politics means the rest of us not rich and sorted can suck it up because the last thing he and his government will do is help it change!
Shame on them!
I’m sorry you have to watch it play out on a delayed time scale here, and yeah, it sucks, doesn’t it? I think it’s also happening in Australia too, and the only difference is that the ladder hasn’t been pulled up yet compared to here. When I read the news, I think that China—regardless of people’s feelings about it—is the only world power that seems to have a vision for the future: building solar panels, reducing its emissions, and more.