Blight

Unfortunately, Ronald, that’s too true.

One disappointment so far has been the proliferation and omnipresence of corporate entities from the States: McDonalds, Burger King, KFC, Target, K-Mart, Dunkin’ Donuts, Baskin Robbins, etc. We didn’t notice them much four years ago, then again we stayed out of the bigger cities, but the sign above appeared in the very small, picturesque beach village of Bargara, just outside the town of Bundaberg.

I prefer to support local businesses, except for maybe this shopping center which hosts a surgery center, butcher, and food bank, side by side.



In the news, the big talk is of government privatization, outsourcing, obesity, and the development of nuclear power facilities, so it appears Australia is following the same path as the United States.


Whatever crushes individuality is despotism, by whatever name it may be called.
--John Stuart Mill