Seditious_Delicious@lemmy.world 10 months ago
So gambling is how a nation defines itself? Not science or innovation or having the brightest students or the most entrepreneurial business people or producing the most food but gambling on farm yard animals… Wow, that’s weak!
Sternhammer@aussie.zone 10 months ago
There are several aspects of the Australian identity that we look unflattering to modern eyes—gambling and drinking to excess come to mind. These things change slowly but they do change.
Incidentally I do think innovation is a valued aspect of the Australian identity.
Badtouchspez@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Australia’s primary export is being good at pulling things out of the ground and building a housing ponzi. We are not nearly as innovative as we could and should be.
OscarRobin@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I think innovation used to be part of our national identity.
dyathinkhesaurus@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Nowadays the only way to develop those innovations is to take them overseas.
Sternhammer@aussie.zone 10 months ago
Indeed. As always when it comes to identity there’s a difference between how we see ourselves and reality.