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hastur777 t1_j6i3rjq wrote

Protectionism is silly.

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SpecificAstronaut69 t1_j6kcgbo wrote

You Americans really ought to be banned from commenting on global threads - saves you embarrassing yourselves further.

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hastur777 t1_j6kdo6z wrote

He said, without a hint of irony.

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SpecificAstronaut69 t1_j6l4a50 wrote

I specifically avoided irony because we all know you Americans don't get it anyway.

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hastur777 t1_j6l4dwi wrote

Adorable

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SpecificAstronaut69 t1_j6l80ri wrote

Hey, at least I'm not commenting on stuff I don't understand.

Signed, an Australian working in Australian media and who has deep ties to the Arts sector.

What was your qualifications again? A deadshit Yank who wants to feel smart by commenting in global thread but doesn't actually have any frame of reference for anything outside of the lower 48?

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throwawayreddit6565 t1_j6lbb9e wrote

Another Australian here, I promise we aren't all like this guy 😅

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[deleted] t1_j6lmfbz wrote

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throwawayreddit6565 t1_j6lmm8m wrote

We don't need content laws though, as multiple people have pointed out it always ends up leading to more garbage reality tv getting created because it's cheap and easy to make. There are better ways to encourage the creation of Australian content without ending up with another variant of 'the farmer wants a wife'.

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SpecificAstronaut69 t1_j6lmy7j wrote

And what's your suggestion to fix it, eh?

There's plenty of Seppo shit on air here that's just as bad.

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throwawayreddit6565 t1_j6lo1ui wrote

The easiest way historically is to use a combination of grants and tax breaks. ABC used to pump out some amazing content but sadly the network had a huge amount of its funding continuously stripped over the 12 or so years that we had libs in power federally. At the very least they really need to specify the sort of content that they want to mandated because "More Australian content" is incredibly vague and as I mentioned inevitably leads to more reality garbage getting pumped out.

Either way, the government is attempted to fix this issue without spending money which just isn't an effective way to reach desirable outcomes with respect to encouraging quality content.

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hastur777 t1_j6lengg wrote

If your media can’t compete, just say that.

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SpecificAstronaut69 t1_j6lm8iw wrote

It's not competition if it's an unfair playing field.

And we're fixing that.

I mean, look how desperate your are to maintain a cultural hegemony. You're so afraid of the outside world you're paranoid of people telling their own stories for themselves. Look how angry you are at a country you're never going to live in wanting to make its own art.

Imagine feeling threatened by that- wait. You don't have to imagine.

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hastur777 t1_j6lmcjd wrote

I couldn’t care less about some cultural hegemony. I just find it funny that your own populace prefers entertainment made thousands of miles away. Seems more of a you problem.

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SpecificAstronaut69 t1_j6ln9nh wrote

If you couldn't care, why comment?

Of course you find it funny other countries watch stuff from other countries.

You're American. The only time you're aware of other cultures is when you're looking at them through a bombsight. And even then you don't know what you're looking at.

You're mad other countries don't treat the outside world like you do, with fear, suspicion, and ignorance. And that's why you had to weigh in.

America is unique in its xenophobia.

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hastur777 t1_j6lpi9c wrote

k

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SpecificAstronaut69 t1_j6mcylg wrote

Yeah, you really suck at this. Good that you're bowing out.

Maybe stick to what you know best, like banning abortion, or perhaps free market health care, since you love competition so much.

You know. Stay in your lane so you're not reduced to pretending to "not care" when you get your arse handed to you.

I'm sure your mum thinks you're cool.

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SpecificAstronaut69 t1_j6lma89 wrote

It's not competition if it's an unfair playing field.

And we're fixing that.

I mean, look how desperate your are to maintain a cultural hegemony. You're so afraid of the outside world you're paranoid of people telling their own stories for themselves. Look how angry you are at a country you're never going to live in wanting to make its own art.

Imagine feeling threatened by that- wait. You don't have to imagine.

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GetToSreppin t1_j6icnft wrote

Yeah, why try to protect local culture when we really know locals just want imported pop culture that has no significance regionally. Why tryto help local artists when we could keep giving the rich Hollywood talent more money and a louder voice! You're absolutely right, if it doesn't sell there's no purpose to art!

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