Question from an Ignorant American to Aussie/NZ Pedes. Why is it so bad down there compared to everywhere else?
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Seriously, I'm rather ignorant of the oceanic Anglosphere countries. Never had much interest in them besides possibly visiting in the future for vacation or a hunting trip. (Love my semi auto cordless hole punchers too much.) So why is it so bad down there, but not say the UK? Or Canada? I mean, all four countries have very similar politics and culture from my understanding, well Canada is a bit more gun friendly until recently as far as I know, but that's about it.
So why have Australia and New Zealand seemingly gone full Nazi, while all the other Anglosphere countries are pretty mild all things considered?
Perhaps what you're missing is their proximity to China? I understand the CCP has been working especially hard to bribe/corrupt politicians in those countries. The CCP is here, too, but the U.S. is more spread out, and has greater numbers.
For example, I remember a few years ago China was sending their Olympic swimmers to Australia to train, because they had bribed Aussie doctors to administer performance-enhancing drugs. China believed that the distance involved would help keep the focus of the fraud away from them.