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Libertarians hate humanity.

Without government and regulation, which requires bureaucracy to administer, this is where you end up.
 
I can't speak for the other states/cities but in Melbourne........I can't remember a cooler summer like the one we're having right now.

Statistically we're in the hottest month of the year in February and yet the rest of month (according to weather predictions) is gonna be low to mid 20's.

I don't think we've had a single day that's been 40+ during the summer.

What's going on?

La Nina.
 

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Libertarians hate humanity.

Without government and regulation, which requires bureaucracy to administer, this is where you end up.

its coming here, there is a trend towards spot market billing . already i have seen adds for firms offering demand based pricing.

 
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Libertarians hate humanity.

Without government and regulation, which requires bureaucracy to administer, this is where you end up.

But mate what you're forgetting is their peace of mind.

As they literally freeze to death, some without even a roof over their head, drinking contaminated water and tipping out buckets of their own rotting waste, they're thinking thank God they don't have socialism.
 
Not that this is an answer at all, but when I visited Yulara and it’s surrounding areas, there was half-finished houses, abandoned construction equipment and concrete slabs everywhere. So many half-finished projects seemingly abandoned.

There were some families of 10+ living in one storey half-finished houses with concrete floors without any running amenities, electricity or carpets. Opal fuel was in use to stop petrol sniffing, few people were employed and the heat was astonishing. Tip of the iceberg.

Things like that stand out, but it is a broader problem, 3/4 of Indigenous people live in NSW, QLD and WA combined and about a third live in major cities. NT is a problem but the issues we have are across the board, not isolated to NT.
 
If what was happening in Texas was happening in Venezuela, you'd have a whole chorus of conservatives screaming "SEE! THIS IS SOCIALISM!"

Yet there's nothing of the sort in reverse about capitalism.
 
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If what was happening in Texas was happening in Venezuela, you'd have a whole chorus of conservatives screaming "SEE! THIS IS SOCIALISM!"

Yet there's nothing of the sort in reverse about capitalism.
Long story but I believe this is the story that’ll be pushed..

 
Speaking anecdotally, throughout uni & for a couple of years after I finished I was quite poor and never travelled and did fun sh*t like some of my mates did (contiki tours, gap years, living overseas etc.) as any money I had went towards paying the bills. It's only been in the last 2 years or so that I've become established enough in my career to not only consistently pay all my bills & live relatively comfortably, but to also save up money to actually do some of that fun stuff. I was supposed to head overseas to the US & Canada last April for at least 2 months, without any set plans on when (if) I would come back, basically taking full of advantage of having the financial freedom to do pretty much whatever I felt like for the first time in my adult life. I'd been planning it since Jan and it was a literally a week or two after I'd finalised my flights and paid for the other small things (SIM card, travel insurance, International Drivers License etc.) that they declared the pandemic and stopped international travel.

I'm 26 now and it's looking like the earliest I could possibly travel currently (avoiding the US now) is late this year due to the fact I am so far back in the vaccine queue, and that's assuming there are no major setbacks in distribution or any complications, both here and overseas. Meanwhile most of my mates who got the travel bug out of the way early on are starting to settle down now with their partners, looking to buy property, have kids, two cats and a dog etc.
I had been so set on travelling as well that I have practically put my life on hold throughout this pandemic as to make sure I am still motivated to do my trip when I can (so I don't regret not doing it in 30 years time), just drifted through the monotony of everyday life, avoided any serious relationships (women in their mid-late 20's really stop accepting "I want to travel" as a reason not to get serious, as I have been finding out recently :sweatsmile:) and just been avoiding putting any sort of roots down in general.

Logically I know there are plenty of years ahead of me when I can travel, but mentally it feels like there is a little less freedom in travelling when I'm edging towards my late 20's with the pressure starting to set in to do what all my friends are doing and settle down, and as cliche as it sounds I don't want to miss out on being able to travel as a young, carefree single man.

I think there would be a lot of others with the same/similar experiences to me, but with that all being said there are plenty of people who have it far far worse. For instance, I have a mate who was living in Japan (his fiancee is Japanese) and had come back to Aus briefly for work right as the pandemic hit and they haven't been able to get an exemption so haven't seen each other since this began, which is absolutely f’ed. And don't get me started on the people who have actually been directly impacted by COVID and it's effects. I am thankful everyday that nobody I know has died or suffered any long lasting debilitating effects as a result of this virus, and that we as a country have been so relatively unscathed compared to elsewhere, so I try and keep that in mind whenever I start feeling too sorry for myself.

Thankyou for listening to my TED talk.

FWIW I travelled a lot of Aust before I went overseas, it’s not a bad thing to see what we have before you go over the water
 
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Consistency is not a term they are familiar with.


Is ASIO aware that you're a serving soldier AND a socialist?

Are you loyal to the Australian government or not?
 
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thank fook we live in Australia, political ideologues police forces that way.. —>

:D

No matter how you want to look at it, B4Bear has sworn an oath to lay down his life for the commands of Scott Morrison.
 
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:D

No matter how you want to look at it, B4Bear has sworn an oath to lay down his life for the commands of Scott Morrison.
Scotty will be great after politics, he’ll be the brand rep for adult diapers and raising awareness for a few to many..

the guy said he couldn’t hold a hose during a bush fire, so I doubt he’ll be able to organise a political coup to overthrow parliament but stranger things have happened this year.
 
Scotty will be great after politics, he’ll be the brand rep for adult diapers and raising awareness for a few to many..

the guy said he couldn’t hold a hose during a bush fire, so I doubt he’ll be able to organise a political coup to overthrow parliament but stranger things have happened this year.
He’s hardly Francis de Groot...
 

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No matter how you want to look at it, B4Bear has sworn an oath to lay down his life for the commands of Scott Morrison.
Actually my oath was to Queen Elizabeth II, hers heirs and successors.

Neither Morrison's name, nor the PM at the time in Malcolm Frazer's name appear anywhere on the document.

But hey, tell me what I apparently don't know, it is refreshing.
 
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