Streaky Bay is at the forefront of a national crisis: inadequate government funding is exacerbating a shortage of critical healthcare workers like Dr Bradley; wait times are ballooning; doctors are beginning to write their own rules on fees, and costs to patients are skyrocketing.
A once-revered universal healthcare system is crumbling at every level, sometimes barely getting by on the sheer willpower of doctors and local communities.
As a result, more and more Australians, regardless of where they live, are delaying or going without the care they need.
America is tribal
I’ve spent a bit of time there, in several different places
There’s a strong sense of community in most places, but if you aren’t a part of that community, then it’s going to be tough
Even in the civilised parts, greed, selfishness and consumption for its own sake are almost fetishised
The “hustle” is worshipped, whereas everywhere else, it’s seen as madness to celebrate doing more to make some rich cunt even richer, because that’s all that is happening over there
I have experienced what you say.
But I also haven’t found it to be the rule.
Rural areas are very “in vs out-group”, but in the mdiwest you can join the in-group if you try.
In the south, it’s your church and your skin color, that’s it.
You’re 100% spot on about the hustle though.