anyone who tries to improve anything is told to piss off and don't let the door hit on the way out, i think its a defensive reaction about being a huge landmass but not contributing all that much to the world. in the 70's and 80's this was good because we went our own way and were ahead of the curve in some areas but now countries previously viewed as poor shit holes now have more advanced economies than us so we get a bit defensive.
Australia