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With all your money VC you could afford to buy a few apartment blocks and rent them out to refugees for the greater good of humanity.
Well, there are a lot worse things they could be asked to endure for the greater good.
Some people get conscripted to go and fight and end up losing arms or legs, so complaining about some one some where maybe having to move a few kilometers from where they live now, to ensure the rest of society has benefits for decades is a bit lame.
Criminals? It’s just as likely to be an imported surgeon, dentist or engineer.
Ask yourself why Aussie diggers were conscripted to fight and you'll see the flaw in your argument.
It sure as hell wasn't for the greater good of Cuban immigrants
With all your money VC you could afford to buy a few apartment blocks and rent them out to refugees for the greater good of humanity.
So not for the greater good then. Thankyou for discrediting your theory when you said...Why were Aussie diggers conscripted to fight?
If you were honest with yourself you would probably admit it was for all the things I oppose, eg nationalism, racism, religionism, countries trying to lock up resources etc.
If nations of the past had opinions similar to mine, the world wars wouldn’t have happened.
So not for the greater good then. Thankyou for discrediting your theory when you said...
"there are a lot worse things they could be asked to endure for the greater good."
As SR said a lot of people say stuff until it personally affects them
Re-read my comment.
We were talking about people being asked to move so a highway could be expanded for the greater good.
My comment was simply pointing out that in the grand scheme of things that people are sometimes asked to do for what is seen at the time as “the greater good”, moving a few kilometers south is not a big deal.
I am not trying to justify world wars, as I said the causes of world wars could be avoided if people thought the way I do.
Why were Aussie diggers conscripted to fight?
If you were honest with yourself you would probably admit it was for all the things I oppose, eg nationalism, racism, religionism, countries trying to lock up resources etc.
If nations of the past had opinions similar to mine, the world wars wouldn’t have happened.
We are seeing the effects of globalism in the UK right now.
They are in the biggest mess since WWII because a large amount of the population feel they are being overrun by outsiders.
Like it or not, nations have to maintain control of their borders.
John Howard was right in one thing he said, "we will control who comes here and the circumstances in which they come".
I bet every leader who started a war started it because he didn't think the other side "though the way I do"
That is a damning report on Australia's economic management since the GFC effects washed through. It is as if we are reverting to the boom and bust economy of the post-war era. Combine this with low productivity growth, low levels of innovation and an ageing population and it isn't easy to see a way forward. Government seems devoid of ideas beyond spin and distraction (and the Opposition is increasingly likewise). Even the modest hope of stimulus from tax and rate cuts (which I can't say I shared) seems to be evaporating. Mind you, he says optimistically, we are not actually in a recession, just floating around in the doldrums.
One of the biggest issues the EU would be having, would be all the refugees will be looking for somewhere to park in Europe, rather than just trying to get to the U.K. IMOWe are seeing the effects of globalism in the UK right now.
They are in the biggest mess since WWII because a large amount of the population feel they are being overrun by outsiders.
Like it or not, nations have to maintain control of their borders.
John Howard was right in one thing he said, "we will control who comes here and the circumstances in which they come".
This is what frog and others have been saying for ages.That is a damning report on Australia's economic management since the GFC effects washed through. It is as if we are reverting to the boom and bust economy of the post-war era. Combine this with low productivity growth, low levels of innovation and an ageing population and it isn't easy to see a way forward. Government seems devoid of ideas beyond spin and distraction (and the Opposition is increasingly likewise). Even the modest hope of stimulus from tax and rate cuts (which I can't say I shared) seems to be evaporating. Mind you, he says optimistically, we are not actually in a recession, just floating around in the doldrums.
That is a damning report on Australia's economic management since the GFC effects washed through. It is as if we are reverting to the boom and bust economy of the post-war era. Combine this with low productivity growth, low levels of innovation and an ageing population and it isn't easy to see a way forward. Government seems devoid of ideas beyond spin and distraction (and the Opposition is increasingly likewise). Even the modest hope of stimulus from tax and rate cuts (which I can't say I shared) seems to be evaporating. Mind you, he says optimistically, we are not actually in a recession, just floating around in the doldrums.
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