I am sorry for Australia. Even though I was never a citizen, I loved that country. The friendliness, classlessness, and lifestyle made it the best place in the world.
Sorry to disillusion you, but it's never been classless, although we don't have an entrenched nobility like the UK. Still, there's a widening gap between rich and poor and this government seems to be intend on widening it - not that past "socialist" governments over recent years have been much better.
How long did you live here and when? Yeah we are a fairly friendly lot I guess, but then I've never been to another country so I can't really make a fair comparison.
Socially classless in the sense that a millionaire will talk to the sanitation people that remove his rubbish. In the US and Canada, you only talk to people if you think they make close to the same amount of money that you do.
I lived down under in Canberra for 2 years. But, I cannot say when.
Yeah, you're right. I've worked as a domestic cleaner and was always on first name basis with my clients, didn't mean they didn't try and exploit me when they could though!
The last really wealthy person I cleaned for added 2 or 3 hours extra work onto the time I'd quoted her for, then asked if she had to pay me any more money? I was polite but firm and said yes, why not, told her how much and she did pay it.
Is that right about Canada as well as the US? I'd always assumed Canada was more like Australia in that sense, but that's not based on any real knowledge of the country.
I reckon the apparent classlessness in Australia obscures a multitude of sins: people working for under award wages because they're desperate; people (esp women) staying in dangerous relationships because of poverty and the lack of low income housing; waiting lists for a lot of medical treatment unless you can afford to pay privately and lots more.
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I am sorry for Australia. Even though I was never a citizen, I loved that country. The friendliness, classlessness, and lifestyle made it the best place in the world.
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You mean because of our present government?
Sorry to disillusion you, but it's never been classless, although we don't have an entrenched nobility like the UK. Still, there's a widening gap between rich and poor and this government seems to be intend on widening it - not that past "socialist" governments over recent years have been much better.
How long did you live here and when? Yeah we are a fairly friendly lot I guess, but then I've never been to another country so I can't really make a fair comparison.
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Socially classless in the sense that a millionaire will talk to the sanitation people that remove his rubbish. In the US and Canada, you only talk to people if you think they make close to the same amount of money that you do.
I lived down under in Canberra for 2 years. But, I cannot say when.
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Yeah, you're right. I've worked as a domestic cleaner and was always on first name basis with my clients, didn't mean they didn't try and exploit me when they could though!
The last really wealthy person I cleaned for added 2 or 3 hours extra work onto the time I'd quoted her for, then asked if she had to pay me any more money? I was polite but firm and said yes, why not, told her how much and she did pay it.
Is that right about Canada as well as the US? I'd always assumed Canada was more like Australia in that sense, but that's not based on any real knowledge of the country.
I reckon the apparent classlessness in Australia obscures a multitude of sins: people working for under award wages because they're desperate; people (esp women) staying in dangerous relationships because of poverty and the lack of low income housing; waiting lists for a lot of medical treatment unless you can afford to pay privately and lots more.
Still, I don't want to live anywhere else
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Socially, Canada is like America. But, the government is more like Australia. Not overly military with interventionist foreign policy.
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Thanks for that explanation, makes sense