In Australia paramedics are tertiary qualified and very skilled

Can you do an AMA as a former kid?

But have you considered that I’m addicted to the blinding rage that I get from doing it?

Agreed they do have good articles and decent journalism even if I don’t agree with their politics a lot. Its still far better as a source for news on China than any western media.

It looks like Trump might pull out of the planned AUKUS pact which as an Australian is something I’m hopeful for. I would love to see the embarrassment of my government if that happens.

I never actually knew what he looked like because I only ever listened to the deprogram podcast and never his channel. So weird putting a face to a voice after so long. Idk what I expected he looked like but it’s not like that. Haha

Brilliant idea for a universal front end. If the user experience is seamless so that the hosting service doesn’t matter that would be such a good way to transition to freer platforms

In a certain way my life is about prepping. I went into the health field because I wanted to have skills useful for society, not just in collapse but right now.

Yet the proposed voice had none of the powers which those bodies do. This guy actually discusses this point in this interview and makes arguments much better than I can. https://vid.puffyan.us/watch?v=G0kFfqb-63s

Theres no political will to implement any change that will materially benefit Indigenous people. Liberal politics at its core, this proposal was almost entirely symbolic. Now arguably that is still important, which is part of the reason I still voted yes. But I don’t think this is necessarily such a great loss for progressive politics. As time has gone on I have much more sympathy for progressive No arguments of Lidia Thorpe and co. You can believe that we have this result because 70% of the Australian electorate are racist deplorables beyond salvation but I think that’s not a useful learning from this outcome and it doesn’t help progressive politics at all going forward to operate with that assumption.

Given very similar advisory bodies have existed before, do you think the voice would have been successful in improving material conditions for Aboriginal people? For what its worth I voted yes. I was just cynical about the proposed change actually amounting to anything.

I implore you to read the article. Racism is a massive issue in Australia but I really think that is not the correct take from this result.

Did you read the article? I don’t think its the correct conclusion to draw that people voted no because of racism. At the start of the year there was around 70% in favour of the voice on polls. The author makes the point, people haven’t suddenly become racist in this time. Certainly a proportion of people voted no because they’re racist but its not the whole story. Outer suburban areas in major cities which are poor and very multicultural all voted no quite resoundingly, while inner city liberal areas were the only areas that voted yes.

Holy shit wtf I just learnt so much about the US.

The whole situation is the result of Israel’s land theft, apartheid, suffocating blockade on Palestinians in the first place.

Are you keen on methamphetamine? 😆

Yep that’s a long one for sure.

Any recommended reading on this Chinese analysis you’re referring to?

Obviously I understand the extreme depravation and exploitation which Haiti has been subjected to for more than a century to give rise to this situation.

Yeah, there’s definitely professionals in the mix sometimes though.