Posted on 12/02/2024 4:20:01 AM PST by Ozguy1945
Pat Buchanan wrote of suicide of a superpower.
Australia sings of choosing suicide over persecution every chance it gets.
Banjo Paterson started writing the lyrics in August, 1895.
I had another go at the first verse today:
"Now the modern Swagmen sleep on the city streets
Under the shade of Australian trees
And their hearts sing with their modest yearning in:
'Who'll come a Waltzing Matilda ..... with me?' "
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The contemplation of national suicide mindset, is something that happens in the most successful and productive nations.
3rd world nations are too busy with basic matters of survival to indulge in the luxury of self imposed guilt.
As Carly Simon once sang, most 3rd world nations ‘havent got time for the pain. They haven’t the need for the pain “eithe
“The contemplation of national suicide mindset, is something that happens in the most successful and productive nations.”
It is a spoke on the wheel of history.
I believe the cover: “Whompin’ Matilda” is still banned in Australia...
“The Band Played Waltzing Matilda” is a better song, about the horrors of deployment to Suvla Bay in WWI.
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