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All three. Culturally, tall poppy syndrome prevents successful people from showing their success, and it is seen as a massive problem to fail. These two thing
by px1999 4y ago
All three.
Culturally, tall poppy syndrome prevents successful people from showing their success, and it is seen as a massive problem to fail. These two things alone make up a pretty chilling force.
You have few good local VCs (though maybe I'm out of the loop), a tiny stock market that doesn't "get" tech and a high cost of living/wage expectation.
At a policy level our economy's geared to property so what money there is goes there, a panel system for government which results in big overseas cos getting a huge edge and general low grade corruption/nepotism which makes the playing field less even.
- _carbyau_ 4y agoI don't see the "Tall Poppy syndrome" thing so much anymore. People don't get "cut" simply for being good at what they do. I see it as a combination of: - smack talk. Which if you are that good in your game you will expect. - an assumption you screwed over someone - or many people. You have to demonstrate you are not an arsehole. Until then, if you are successful, it will be assumed you probably are.
- dragonsky67 4y agoI think this highlights one of the major differences between Australia and the US, in the US there appears to be some tolerance to arseholes as long as they are bringing in the $$. In Australia, the arseholes tend to get kicked regardless of how wealthy they are, in fact the more wealthy the bigger the target. In general it appears that bribery (in it's many forms) is less than in the US, wealth in and of itself does not impress people.