People tend to see highly the Americans, the Australians or most of Western countries. But I disagree with these.
From what I read, and as far as I can remember or experience, a good government is a government that is seen invisible to its citizen. What I mean by 'invisible' is that, the government seems not there. This is the idea of freedom, that no matter what you do in the country, of course with certain limits, that the governments gives you freedom to do what you want.
To be more precise of what I am talking about, is that, in places such as Indonesia or China, the tax is negligible. And I believe anyone of us can figure that out even without being there. Because if there was, heavy tax, why would they sell products with almost negligible costs?
In these countries, people can do whatever they want, and the government does not put on heavy taxes, your money still belongs to you. You don't have to give your money to your wife or husband or anyone, and the money is still yours.
The miracle of it is, that although there are no heavy taxes, the country sustains itself, not going for bankruptcy. Do you know that many of Western countries cannot maintain itself if there are no heavy tax?
Here is another great thing about especially Indonesia. Food is so cheap. Anyone can open a food business by just using a trolley which contain food. And this can be opened in anywhere in the city, it concerns pretty much negligible government effort to ask for licenses. So people who buy from these little food stand can buy food, and a decent food could cost less than $1.
This is impossible in Australia. Because in Australia, it would require a license which would require hundreds of thousands of dollars to open a food business. They are worried about poisoning, hygiene, food stand location, etc. At the end, they are killing the food business itself. If you really think of it objectively, you will see that Indonesia has much more strength in the business because opportunity is given to anyone that wants to open the food business, and the government don't have to really tamper with that. If the food is bad, nobody buys, if the food is good, they will flourish. Whereas Australian food business is killed long before it started. You may be able to work for a restaurant, but not everyone has the opportunity to be employed in a restaurant. Not everyone even able to speak English. In Australia, everything is rules, rules and rules.
Even when you are driving, when you are talking, when you are in the hospital, when you are in government building... there seems to be endless list of rules and heavy tax/costs.
They think they are doing OK by giving government support to low income earners... but I believe they are doing it wrong.
From the beginning of time, and how nature works, the lazy ones should perish, and the diligent and able ones prosper. This is the law of nature. And this is what happens still in Indonesia. Even the lowliest man can sell food and he may last 1 day, 1 month, or forever. The diligent and able ones prosper without being tampered.
But in Australia, the diligent and able are 'punished' SEVERELY for being that way. And the lazy ones are given opportunity to do whatever they want and given quite a lot of money for doing nothing. I HONESTLY and without a doubt, say that, Australia is Chaos. Many people would say Indonesia is a chaotic place, but I disagree. Indonesia may be a little messy, but it is still very proper. There are order in things in Indonesia. But in Australia, there are no order. Everyone is the same in Australia, which makes it very strange indeed to live in Australia.
For me for example, I can't even start working before I figure out what to do how I work. And with DEFINITELY excessive tax ahead of me. I wouldn't start at all. Go ahead if anyone wants to work hard, that's up to them. But do they already know what's ahead of them don't they? Insane tax.
Indonesia does differently to people who are lazy:
1. Food is so cheap. You can get a bunch of vegies for only AUD$0.15. They literally giving foods away!
2. You can also can get a house for AUD$100! Of course it is a small house but YOU CAN LIVE IN IT! Definitely made by bricks (I still can't get over with Australia making houses with thin woods), it has a living room which can hold 5, a small bedroom and a small kitchen and can stand against winds, thunderstorms, and floods.
So they can live, but they still have to work for it.
Australia, is however, is a chaotic place. There is no way they can do this. They can't see that human needs to eat 3 times a day. They can eat, but that's another Government tampering. And human need a place to live. They may be able to provide shelter, but that's another Government's tampering. And if you have lived in Australia for quite a while. You will be able to see that everything is a mess, and there is no order in things.
Australia can't have an invisible government. But we know that we don't really need government to live in Indonesia.
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