I think we do have our own culture otherwise we would still be a clone of Britain. We used to be but because of migration we are drifting further away from that which is a beautiful thing.
I mean this in the most nicest way possible. Just because you feel emptiness it doesn’t mean everybody else does. I’m an optimist and I’m gonna find the good in as much as I can.
I am constantly aware that I work in a bubble of very smart, talented and fairly-paid people. That the people I work with aren’t a slice of “average” Australia. But within that bubble of IT workers, we absolutely have that global cultural influence CEO was speaking about.
Then there’s the kids. They go to school in a mix of kids from all over. Its a great equaliser. They don’t know where their mates ‘are from’, almost everyone was born here. I get it from their names.
It’s easy to look at the news and think our influences are all US/UK. But I think as each generation goes by, they’ll be less central to what makes an Australian.
What emerges from that mix? I’m keen to see it. What we already have is clearly recognised by the British themselves as something distinctly separate from their culture.
Colonial Australia does lack a meaning and culture, because they genocided, murdered, raped, and stole First Nations people, refused a Treaty with FN, and they barely have a presence in Parliament (by design). Settler Colonialism is inherently meaningless and cultureless for it’s victims and those who vehemently disagree.
I had a class on cultural safety earlier in the year and someone in that class said she had no culture because she was born here and so were her ancestors up to her great grandparents. But just by living here and interacting with others, she has a culture.
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I think we do have our own culture otherwise we would still be a clone of Britain. We used to be but because of migration we are drifting further away from that which is a beautiful thing.
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I mean this in the most nicest way possible. Just because you feel emptiness it doesn’t mean everybody else does. I’m an optimist and I’m gonna find the good in as much as I can.
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You need to find your Ikigai (life purpose).
I am constantly aware that I work in a bubble of very smart, talented and fairly-paid people. That the people I work with aren’t a slice of “average” Australia. But within that bubble of IT workers, we absolutely have that global cultural influence CEO was speaking about.
Then there’s the kids. They go to school in a mix of kids from all over. Its a great equaliser. They don’t know where their mates ‘are from’, almost everyone was born here. I get it from their names.
It’s easy to look at the news and think our influences are all US/UK. But I think as each generation goes by, they’ll be less central to what makes an Australian.
What emerges from that mix? I’m keen to see it. What we already have is clearly recognised by the British themselves as something distinctly separate from their culture.
Australia is brimming with culture and meaning. It doesn’t have to be exotic or ancient to be ‘culture’.
Colonial Australia does lack a meaning and culture, because they genocided, murdered, raped, and stole First Nations people, refused a Treaty with FN, and they barely have a presence in Parliament (by design). Settler Colonialism is inherently meaningless and cultureless for it’s victims and those who vehemently disagree.
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you know, defeating the Aztecs was the right thing, just like defeating the Nazis was the right thing
this Christian tradition is not the main defining tradition we have
we have a culture of trust, we trust that deals we make with other people will be upheld
we have a culture of enlightenment tolerance, we don’t kill people for living or believing differently
we agree that customs and laws should protect the weak
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It has always been an economic zone, that’s what being a colony is.
If we want meaning and culture we have to create our own.
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yes, humankind is naturally caring and co-operative
one of the aspects that differentiates our society from others is we have safety nets for those who don’t have familial or social connections
( safety nets that have been eroded )
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I had a class on cultural safety earlier in the year and someone in that class said she had no culture because she was born here and so were her ancestors up to her great grandparents. But just by living here and interacting with others, she has a culture.
I feel like life really has become all about the overlords squeezing profit and making the line go up