Since Saturday, Australians have been required to wait until the age of 67 until they can get the age pension. It has happened with little protest — a stark contrast to the demonstrations and riots that have rocked France, writes Peter Whiteford.
  • kd637_mi@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Unfortunately for us, we’ve developed a culture that is against anyone that can be seen as a ‘whinger’. Anyone who has complaints about how things are run is generally seen as lazy or entitled, and the mentality of ‘my life sucked so yours should too’ is extremely prevalent.

    • billytheid@aussie.zoneMEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Australians are world class bootlickers; we’re more amenable to fascism or totalitarianism then the Chinese. The hilarious part is it;s 90% vanity,