Comments by "something like that" (@somethinglikethat2176) on "Asianometry" channel.

  1. Probably good by the standards of the time. Brutal to the poor Indian workers however. The sad part is that it might have been possible to give them reasonably better pay and conditions without too much of a negative impact on those industries. Then they would have had a policy which was financially sound, legal by international laws and standards (corporate raiding was both legal and quite common back then), improved the lives of its people and not damaging to the country's image as an investment destination. It is very unfortunate for the Indian plantation workers and I'm not sure what happened to the people remaining with stock in the company post-Malay government control, however without sounding too callous, those things were normal for the time and the policy was successful and positive for the country. Edit: Yeah definitely not fair for everyone.
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  2. Australian defence policy is a mess and yeah we know it.
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  3. One former Defence Minister said of the government owned ASC "that he won't trust them to build a canoe".
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  4. UK/US nuclear technology is more advanced than French tech.
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  5.  @666Tomato666  tbf the Exocet missiles in the Falklands show France will play its cards equally as close to its chest when needed.
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  6.  @mattgriggs1888  Lucas Heights reactor. It generates power and radioactive medical isotopes.
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  7.  @trevorhart545  yeah, Australia and the UK should look at the next build together. There is some talk of Australia leasing some LA class from the US in the meantime. Maybe (if the timing and requirements worked out) a joint Aus/US/UK project would be good. Japan and India could also be interested but the more the more difficult the project could become.
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  8.  @adrien5834  there was a relatively easy way to counter those missiles that the French didn't share with the British.
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  9. Historically we wanted nuclear range with diesel engines. That and the desire to build locally are the big issues.
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  10. ​ @grizwoldphantasia5005  to play devil's advocate, it does give the officer a justification for not shooting the man.
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  11. ​ @grilledflatbread4692  an equivalent term would be robber barons. Like how a South Korean conglomerate would often be referred to as a chaebol but it would be unusual to refer to a non-SK conglomerate as such.
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