South America and much of (mostly Western) Europe would like a word, lol...
Also Russia. Also quite a bit of Asia. This seems to be... Fairly widespread. But then again, like you say, stability plays a role, of course, lol...
I wouldn't argue Samoa, Chile, Peru or fucking Indonesia as examples of "stable", or hell, even functioning, societies, at this point...
Then again, Australia being so "stable" is partly how we got to this point: via complacency and hubris of course...
"She'll be right, mate" - I've always hated that saying...
When applied to anti-safetyism - great. When applied to tolerance for authoritarian overreach, and ridiculous police state bullshit, or indeed the state of our politics and/or the media..? Not so much... :-/
Also, I think there's more to this than just stability, or the Anglosphere...
Just look at the Middle East: it's one of the few places that can rival Australia's oppression levels, and they're, well, they're primed for it... So culture obviously plays a role (they're also notably not-at-all feminist, so... Sorry TheImpossible1, but in this case... That doesn't seem to be the cause).
Even Israel, though... Like, you would think they would know/expect better, at this point, but umm, nope. They're literally one of the worst in the world, in that regard. Fucking lol. So I dunno, I can't explain it. When Sweden is almost the freest, and Israel tied with Australia and the Gulf as the most oppressive... It's hard to pin this down to a single logical cause, unfortunately...
South America and much of (mostly Western) Europe would like a word, lol...
Also Russia. Also quite a bit of Asia. This seems to be... Fairly widespread. But then again, like you say, stability plays a role, of course, lol...
I wouldn't argue Samoa, Chile, Peru or fucking Indonesia as examples of "stable", or hell, even functioning, societies, at this point...
Then again, Australia being so "stable" is partly how we got to this point: via complacency and hubris of course...
"She'll be right, mate" - I've always hated that saying...
When applied to anti-safetyism - great. When applied to tolerance for authoritarian overreach, and ridiculous police state bullshit, or indeed the state of our politics and/or the media..? Not so much... :-/