YeahToast

Yeah I don't think the US will be much of an issue for China tbh. I'm guessing you're replying to the other person because I didn't mention anything about cutting off resources to China. Xi is losing a bit of power locally, so wouldn't be surprised if it gets bumpy in the next wee while

If China started a war with us, we would be fucked. Not only is their military complex astronomically bigger than ours... They have complete control of the narrative internally. Ain't no way we're holding off a billion people

There was a redistribution of wealth towards the extremely rich, not sure why we're blaming that on immigrants. Do you have any resources about the rest of your points?

Because they are often wealthy, connected and have a voice, for example negative gearing. This only impacted a small percentage of people compared to the masses, but still made labor lose in a landslide to the liberal party in 2019

And your rationale for huge growth during COVID when there was little no to immigration?

I really don't care much for America... But it's an absolute travesty.. I'm genuinely surprised that it seems Americans are happy to be treated like utter shit by their own government.

Low teacher pay seems like a bit of a stretch. Most states have teachers paid over 100k within a few years of graduating. I think NSW, ACT and WA all start new grads at 85-90k.

I also hate private health, and in fact, cop the additional medicare levy on the chin because id rather pay 2-5k in tax that funds medicare, than get some junk private health cover. The problem with bulk billing is it's so dependent on location. I have great GPs that can get an appointment within a day or two. More rurally you're waiting 6-8 weeks and paying $90 a pop. Despite their being flaws in Australia you can still at least get emergency life saving care that won't bankrupt your family. I'm not as well versed but there's also the safety net for medications which I believe stops the horrendous out of pocket expense across a year

The government is reactionary, I think in part it's a symptom of a 4 year election cycle. You can spend 100m to potentially fix a problem and people are "happy". Try to spend a couple of billion to reduce the root cause and people blow a seal.

I have a low carbon footprint and my solar has exported 17,000 kWh more than my usage. Please tell me again how a 0.3 watt hour query is me completely disregarding the environment

Edit: I have ai generated search engine summaries turned off.. I hope you do too

I mean, who says no to that.

I'm sure people have been making crawlers for 30 years... But I haven't been, so I've been able to access "knowledge" and shape it for my use case. I think equating ~5 queries to torching an acre of forest is a bit hyperbolic which doesn't help anyone.