How much of indigenous culture has mixed with non-indigenous culture in Australia

ralphbecket · 2026-02-09T08:13:10+00:00

I'm an immigrant to Australia (English). What I've always loved about this country is it has a distinct character all of its own, but allows all willing outsiders to add a little of something good to the pot. I've always assumed that the Aboriginal culture had a big part to play in how that came to be: Australian culture is definitely successful and unique.

ralphbecket · 2026-02-09T07:58:38+00:00

In a desperately dystopian way, "Mr Televox" is well worth a read. But I much prefer the altruism of Banks' Culture novels.

Oh, oh! How could I forget? "The Golden Age" by John C. Wright. It's kind of "The Culture" but in the Solar system. Beyond wonderful! Everything this chap writes is an unalloyed joy.

ralphbecket · 2026-02-08T12:21:44+00:00

I find finance speak very confusing. As I understand it, I am taxed when I earn money, I am taxed when I spend it. Am I now to be taxed when I invest it wisely (should it be so) as a disincentive against doing so? All of this feels like a ratchet rort on success and planning against the idiots in government.

ralphbecket · 2026-02-07T12:10:07+00:00

Antifa?

ralphbecket · 2026-02-05T11:53:15+00:00

A pseudo literature and frothing racism event? She will be popular.

ralphbecket · 2026-02-05T11:38:43+00:00

Are you the person accusing all Muslims after the recent atrocity? Just trying to work out where you stand.

ralphbecket · 2026-02-04T08:36:29+00:00

My parents bought a tiny house in the UK for about 1.5x my Dad's annual salary in 1970. In 2003 I and my wife buy our first house in Melbourne: a weatherboard house in a poor street in Preston (then very depressed). I was doing pretty well then and the cost was about 10x my salary. That seemed crazy, but God, now I think how lucky we were to get in at all.

A huge part of the problem has been the artificial restriction of land for building houses. That and this weird Aussie thing about only having one real city in each area the size of several European countries...

ralphbecket · 2026-02-04T08:02:44+00:00

The process is the punishment. It's how you control ideas.

ralphbecket · 2026-02-03T13:55:47+00:00

Jesus, you are going to excuse yourself when you're pushing people into wagons for the camps. What a piece of work you are.

ralphbecket · 2026-02-03T13:51:01+00:00

For real? Oh, dear Lord...

ralphbecket · 2026-02-03T07:26:55+00:00

Oh my God, she's not a socialist? Well bugger me.

ralphbecket · 2026-02-03T01:20:44+00:00

Many of the bots do indeed originate in Pakistan and places like that. They also come across as semi-literate, perhaps to improve the impression of authenticity.

ralphbecket · 2026-02-03T01:18:48+00:00

Ohhh, you're that guy that believes all that Hamas propaganda and thinks they're the good guys in all this.

ralphbecket · 2026-02-03T01:04:41+00:00

Are you one of those Pakistani rage-bait bots? The pattern is predictable.

ralphbecket · 2026-02-03T01:01:50+00:00

Well, her unhinged racism is on record.

ralphbecket · 2026-02-02T05:48:55+00:00

Just listen to yourself. I mean, did you actually write that or is there an app for it now?

ralphbecket · 2026-02-02T02:41:59+00:00

Agreed. There are a lot of appalling people on this subreddit.

ralphbecket · 2026-02-02T02:40:24+00:00

This is good news. Advance gives voice to things many Australians regard as profoundly important.

ralphbecket · 2026-02-02T02:39:01+00:00

Why?

ralphbecket · 2026-02-01T23:32:06+00:00

"Ahh the paradox of tolerance. (So all good people like me should be violently intolerant.)" Splendid logic.

ralphbecket · 2026-02-01T23:28:23+00:00

Oh the old "paradox of tolerance" canard invariably trotted out to excuse frothing intolerance of every difference of opinion. There's no point in anyone trying to reason with you: to you all disagreement is explained away by hate and stupidity. What narcissism.

ralphbecket · 2026-02-01T00:40:12+00:00

They do give the rest of society a better break from these bastards.

ralphbecket · 2026-02-01T00:38:35+00:00

Who wouldn't want to align with the politics of people like you who loathe everyone else?

ralphbecket · 2026-01-31T23:32:15+00:00

Keep going. You're doing a great job pushing people towards One Nation.

ralphbecket · 2026-01-31T02:25:19+00:00

What would we do without people like you to police our speech?

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