4 ms·

Aussie billionaires seem to be a nasty sort of liars with the purpose of scaring and manipulating the less educated to bend them to their purposes

• andsoitis 3y ago
  > Aussie billionaires seem to be a nasty sort of liars with the purpose of scaring and manipulating the less educated to bend them to their purposes I don't know that your generalization is valid. When we look at the list of the richest 50 in Australia (https://www.forbes.com/lists/australia-billionaires/?sh=64910699585b https://www.forbes.com/lists/australia-billionaires/?sh=6491...) and the little googling we can do for each, I don't know that I would characterize even a majority of them as a nasty liars who try to scare and manipulate the less educated. I think it is less to do with them being "Australian". Also, Australia is in the top 10 most educated countries in the world - https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/most-educated-countries https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/most-educ...
  • mrkeen 3y ago
    When I opened the link, I was expecting Clive Palmer bullshit, but I got Gina Rinehart bullshit. Those are the two that always come to mind, so perhaps the generalisation isn't that far off. I clicked your richest 50 link and don't recognise most of the names, but I was reminded of the Packers. I don't see the Murdochs on the list though, what's up with that?
    • andsoitis 3y ago
      > I don't see the Murdochs on the list though, what's up with that? Rupert Murdoch was an Australian citizen until 1985, after which he gave it up and acquired American citizenship.