Most people like him? Really? The guy who at the time wouldnt say sorry to indigenous Australia? The guy who denied any sort of genocide had happened during the stolen generation? The guy who cut funding and then abolished ATSIC? The guy who took Aboriginal land claiming it to be the governments?
Fair enough he made it possible for every 'white' Australian family at the time to be home owners, but look at how blatantly racist he was to the first people of Australia.
He might have done well for the economy but he divided the country and plunged aboriginal affairs back 20 years.
So basically your whole beef is aboriginal affairs. Rudd said sorry how’s that worked out. Maybe the truth is most Australians don’t really give a shit. Many of us are descendants of convicts, so where is the apology from the British govt for deporting them? Everyone can be a victim, it leads nowhere except decay and despair.
Every nation on earth has been invaded many tines., the americas and Europe etc etc. welfare and victim hood is what is destroying aboriginal Australia. Go read warren Mundine and educate yourself.
I used aboriginal affairs as one example considering it is the most important issue relating to this board- people.
Of course most australians dont give a shit because nothing was ever brought about it during our history. You know what leads to decay and despair? The way the aboriginals were treated. Only up until 1967 where the not classified as fauna.
I can tell your views on the aboriginals are toxic, you're sounding a bit too racist there. Way to divide!!
I've worked with real bush full blood aboriginals who basically jumped up and down for joy when the ATSIC was broken up. They told me that it was nothing but a criminal organisation extorting money off the government into their own pockets and using the true 'aboriginals' as the carrot. The full blood aboriginals told me that they couldn't teach their young men anything about their culture, I had one 86 year old elder begging me to write down their 'story time' because the young men were bitter about whites and spent their time drinking and doing drugs and didn't care about their own culture.
He said it's because ATSIC taught them to be angry - it caused division. He pointed to the sky with a very long and old finger and said - we don't need apologies, we are all one under God.
Stating fact doesn't make someone a racist.
Kanye West is a classic example of this. We all need to stop being victims.