Maybe you’re too young to have witnessed the steep decline in this country. We used to be a can do nation with unashamed aspirations and now we’re frozen stiff by short term politics and PC crap. Ask any old timer when was the last time Australia did anything really great and they’ll reply “the snowy hydro”, a great achievement by any measure.....almost half a century ago! Now we fart around deciding if we need a piece of basic first world infrastructure.
P.S. I think you’ll find the “like it or leave” statement applies to immigrants who came here for the free stuff and the good life, and then complain about how bad they’ve got it.
Hooroo!