Australia is the most insecure anglo nation. The underlying cause is a pathological aversion to accepting their place and position in the world, which is: a country in Asia, that has no political or military power, whose best chance at a prosperous future is to become asian and integrate with the leading economic region in the world.
They want to be the master race in the region, despite all measurable indicators showing the opposite (their good living conditions were gained by association first with the British superpower, and later the American one). They want to be seen the same as the US during its peak, and now feel their chance at becoming the almost-americans (only possible by association with a strong America) is fading fast.
The dissonance between want and reality is the cause for the immense level of denial in their political establishment, with the notable exception of realists such as Paul Keating.
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