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Daily Discussion Thread: Tue 12 Dec 2023 (aussie.zone)

submitted 11 months ago by bot001@aussie.zone to c/melbourne@aussie.zone

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[–] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yes. This pretty much sums it up

[–] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

There is one difference. We are now a better educated country, we know we could be Norway if we had the right government. An idle discontented well educated middle class is a big danger to unfair economic systems.

[–] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 2 points 11 months ago

Unfortunately that seems to subject us to brain drain :( I know some well educated people who just nicked off to other countries for the better opportunities, bringing our average down.