How do Australians really feel about each other? New data paints an 'alarming' picture

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/australians-less-trusting-abs-social-survey/n6e5baedp

Australians are less trusting of each other than they were five years ago, according to new data that also reveals shifting attitudes towards cultural diversity.

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RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 98d (1 reply)

Good old right wing politics. Divide and conquer.

FireWire400@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 98d

Divide and conquer.

Someone told me I'm not allowed to like IDLES any more, but that song slaps.

No1@aussie.zone · 11 pts · 98d (1 reply)

The measurements seem to be between 2020 and 2025.

Not one mention of COVID

appetizer@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 96d

Exactly. The brain damage caused by covid has many impacts. Social skills and empathy are absolutely affected.

username_1@programming.dev · 7 pts · 98d (5 replies)
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lolrightythen@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 98d (4 replies)

Visit a grocery store in the US at 4pm on a weekday. You'll be hugging your neighbors after.

username_1@programming.dev · 6 pts · 98d
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Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 98d (2 replies)

I, I have no idea what this means...

I've been to US grocery stores, they seem fairly chill. Where I went at least.

Malyca@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 97d (1 reply)

In cities they're incredibly crowded, mostly with people lacking self awareness.

Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 97d

Hmm, i could imagine that. The ones I went to were all along the west coast, maybe that made a difference.

Malyca@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 97d

This is where the road of individualism leads

No1@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 97d

Screw what they say.

I love you'se all

And avagoodweegend

ziltoid101@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 96d

It really shows on the roads tbh, the pandemic caused so much more aggressive driving.