> Australia also has welfare, high living standards, high life expectancy, good health, etc.
Tell me how affordable a home near the workplace is for most Australians? On the contrary, Norwegians and Emiratis get a huge housing subsidy for their first homes. They both use their oil revenues to push for sustainable energy sources at home. And the UAE is currently pulling over its weight in AI, funding a significant AI player, while also taking part in active space exploration.
> Ahhh, so Norway and UAE have their own home built computers, TV's, and EV's, etc then?
Building computers, EVs and TVs in this age when China controls the complete manufacturing chain is a bit stupid honestly. But they do have manufacturing bases on the things they actually excel at - Norway is a major player in manufacturing shipping and specialized O&G equipment, while the UAE has focused on aircraft parts manufacturing and defence manufacturing.
Too right.
> It's like the degenerate alcoholic who's willing to prostitute their mother for a bar tab.
Ahh, so you are Australian then.
> even if they are from their biggest regional rivals.
How is China a regional rival? Australia has koalas, China has Pandas.
> While Norway and the UAE enjoy the fruits of their resources through strong welfare systems enabled by a resource-driven economy
Australia also has welfare, high living standards, high life expectancy, good health, etc.
> Australia sold itself so hard its own citizens have to buy from foreign corpos.
Ahhh, so Norway and UAE have their own home built computers, TV's, and EV's, etc then?
You have some points, but you're trying to edge lord a bit hard there mate.