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<blockquote data-quote="Bob Crowley" data-source="post: 76347946" data-attributes="member: 383390"><p>I think we should be a republic. But I'd be a pariah if I really made my thoughts known.</p><p></p><p>Let's just say I think we Europeans (mostly Anglo-Saxon at that) were put here in a caretaker role, between the original indigenous population and what will be our eventual Asian dominated culture.</p><p></p><p>Unlike the USA which has a population of about 330 million and the world's strongest military, we've never developed a large population or a strong military.</p><p></p><p>According to the 2016 census, around 82% of Australians nominated British or Australian ancestry as their origin, with the "Australian" content being about 31%. I'd imagine that a significant portion of that group would also have been of British origin.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://profile.id.com.au/australia/ancestry" target="_blank">Ancestry | Australia | Community profile</a></p><p></p><p>We're a European outpost in an Asian sea. We have about 25 million people.</p><p></p><p>Indonesia our nearest neighbour has 255 million people, China has 1.37 billion, India has 1.3 billion, Japan 126 million, and the Philippines 103 million.</p><p></p><p>Recently former Prime Minister Paul Keating stated that -</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/nov/10/throwing-toothpicks-at-the-mountain-paul-keating-says-aukus-submarines-plan-will-have-no-impact-on-china" target="_blank">‘Throwing toothpicks at the mountain’: Paul Keating says Aukus submarines plan will have no impact on China</a></p><p></p><p>You may or may not agree with his speech, but Australia needs to indulge in some "real-politic" as I think the Germans call it.</p><p></p><p>Including becoming a republic.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bob Crowley, post: 76347946, member: 383390"] I think we should be a republic. But I'd be a pariah if I really made my thoughts known. Let's just say I think we Europeans (mostly Anglo-Saxon at that) were put here in a caretaker role, between the original indigenous population and what will be our eventual Asian dominated culture. Unlike the USA which has a population of about 330 million and the world's strongest military, we've never developed a large population or a strong military. According to the 2016 census, around 82% of Australians nominated British or Australian ancestry as their origin, with the "Australian" content being about 31%. I'd imagine that a significant portion of that group would also have been of British origin. [URL='https://profile.id.com.au/australia/ancestry']Ancestry | Australia | Community profile[/URL] We're a European outpost in an Asian sea. We have about 25 million people. Indonesia our nearest neighbour has 255 million people, China has 1.37 billion, India has 1.3 billion, Japan 126 million, and the Philippines 103 million. Recently former Prime Minister Paul Keating stated that - [URL='https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/nov/10/throwing-toothpicks-at-the-mountain-paul-keating-says-aukus-submarines-plan-will-have-no-impact-on-china']‘Throwing toothpicks at the mountain’: Paul Keating says Aukus submarines plan will have no impact on China[/URL] You may or may not agree with his speech, but Australia needs to indulge in some "real-politic" as I think the Germans call it. Including becoming a republic. [/QUOTE]
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