I hate to say it, but this is... Not as unusual in Aus as you might think.
We don't have the protections you guys have (presuming you're American). On anything. We don't even have a Bill of Rights. There is no requirement, in this country, that the Prime Minister consult Parliament before declaring war. Even in the US, that situation isn't possible.
So... I fear that this may have been inevitable. That we were always heading this way. Certainly, from where I sit, this has been the path we've been headed down since waaaaayyyy before the pandemic started. We've been going this way since... I'm gonna say at least 2013. This is just the inevitable point we have reached.
But culture plays a role, too. Imagine an almost completely unarmed populace, with a strong (for its size), highly technologically-advanced military, militarised police (yes, like in America), but also with the oddly collectivist, "do as you're told", dobber mentality and surveillance state of the UK (notably, their police do not carry guns. Ours do.), and then you might get a bit of an idea of how this has come to pass...
Something is rotten in the state of Ausmark. Something has been for quite some time.
Sorry, I didn't realise that this is a slang word, but in Australian (yes, I'm serious), to dob means to snitch, essentially.
So a "dobber" is a snitch, or like, a scab I guess. A rat. The kind of person who would report you to the literal Gestapo, and sell you out...
Theoretically, dobbers, or snitches, used to get stitches, here (as in we fucking hated them), but for some bizarre reason, in the last 20 years, that changed, and we have become a "nation of dobbers". Even the very worst of the mainstream media admits that one...
"Tall poppy syndrome" refers to the tall poppy being cut down, and is generally a negative way to refer to the Australian ideal of not taking yourself too seriously. It's a double edged sword but as an example. If anyone instead of making a resume like everyone else, made a website and used it so self promote. Using a bit of arrogance to elevate themselves, would attract some criticism. You would then say it's "tall poppy syndrome" from the normies.
A lot of it is just complaining but in Australia the normal human reaction to pull people back into the herd seems to be stronger then the average.
I hate to say it, but this is... Not as unusual in Aus as you might think.
We don't have the protections you guys have (presuming you're American). On anything. We don't even have a Bill of Rights. There is no requirement, in this country, that the Prime Minister consult Parliament before declaring war. Even in the US, that situation isn't possible.
So... I fear that this may have been inevitable. That we were always heading this way. Certainly, from where I sit, this has been the path we've been headed down since waaaaayyyy before the pandemic started. We've been going this way since... I'm gonna say at least 2013. This is just the inevitable point we have reached.
But culture plays a role, too. Imagine an almost completely unarmed populace, with a strong (for its size), highly technologically-advanced military, militarised police (yes, like in America), but also with the oddly collectivist, "do as you're told", dobber mentality and surveillance state of the UK (notably, their police do not carry guns. Ours do.), and then you might get a bit of an idea of how this has come to pass...
Something is rotten in the state of Ausmark. Something has been for quite some time.
Sorry, I didn't realise that this is a slang word, but in Australian (yes, I'm serious), to dob means to snitch, essentially.
So a "dobber" is a snitch, or like, a scab I guess. A rat. The kind of person who would report you to the literal Gestapo, and sell you out...
Theoretically, dobbers, or snitches, used to get stitches, here (as in we fucking hated them), but for some bizarre reason, in the last 20 years, that changed, and we have become a "nation of dobbers". Even the very worst of the mainstream media admits that one...
Being the lucky country has made us intolerably weak. We've always had a tall poppy cut people down culture.
Meaning anyone who stands out has to be cut down? Morally or in what way?
"Tall poppy syndrome" refers to the tall poppy being cut down, and is generally a negative way to refer to the Australian ideal of not taking yourself too seriously. It's a double edged sword but as an example. If anyone instead of making a resume like everyone else, made a website and used it so self promote. Using a bit of arrogance to elevate themselves, would attract some criticism. You would then say it's "tall poppy syndrome" from the normies.
A lot of it is just complaining but in Australia the normal human reaction to pull people back into the herd seems to be stronger then the average.