If the metrics themselves weren't fake and gay the sort of things those metrics (in theory) represent are boast-worthy if put in proper context: "We're so affluent and have such abundance even our poor are obese. Our great-grandparents couldn't conceive of such a thing."
Of course managerial types are incapable of thinking of things in those terms.
every other western country do boast about their GDP sure. I guess what I'm trying to get is that here it's revered even more-so; almost treated like a religion
It's not just Australia, pretty much every Western country boasts about GDP and unemployment rates.
If the metrics themselves weren't fake and gay the sort of things those metrics (in theory) represent are boast-worthy if put in proper context: "We're so affluent and have such abundance even our poor are obese. Our great-grandparents couldn't conceive of such a thing."
Of course managerial types are incapable of thinking of things in those terms.
every other western country do boast about their GDP sure. I guess what I'm trying to get is that here it's revered even more-so; almost treated like a religion