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• Wednesday, August 29, 2007 11:46 PM

  -- Casual Interest

  And one more thing, if you can refute any generalizations I made about Australia, feel free to.

  Was Australia not a penal colony, put there for the harsh climate and the assumption it would always be dependent on Britian?

  Is the USA not by far a larger and richer nation? Does Australia not lack resources by comparison to the USA and many European nations?

  Does that not effect Australian psychology, trade, and internationalism as I put forth?

  Do Australians not live almost entirely on coastal regions to be in proximity to trade, coastal waters, and temperate climate; unlike the USA or Europe which have large inland populations in green fertile lands?

  Is that primarily that due to anything other than the arability of lands? Woundn't Australians cultivate the interior, and suffer increased provincialism, if they ccould?

  Does Australia like America not have a culture which values individuality, and sometimes anti-intellectual coarseness, relative to other developed countries, in large part due to immigrant cultures and especially rebellion against British Aristocracy and caste based systems?

  Is Australia historically any less militant than the USA, relative to size? Isn't Australia in fact historically the most staunch supporter of American militarism, and very much dependent on the American military to help secure Australia resources and trade deals?

  Not trying to rub it in. Just saying these are realities that shape culture.

  —healthyskeptic Read healthyskeptic's other letters
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