You’re living overseas and enjoying life in a new country but then something happens in that country that changes everything. Not talking about war, but maybe a public debate, a new politician on the scene, a recession, or an election. Something that flipped how you see your new home. For better or worse.
For me, living in Malaysia all was going smoothly. An amazing country. But when COVID hit, non-Malaysians really became a target. You had vaccines prioritised for Malaysians and the government using the pandemic as an excuse to round up illegal migrants to deport them. Instilling more fear at a time of fear.
Australia during COVID had some of the craziest things like when Scomo announced that there would be a 60k fine or up to 6 mths jail term for any Australians returning from India. It was the ultimate “you can have an Aussie passport but you’ll never be Aussie if your skin colour is X” moment. I had been living in Australia for more than 2 decades and that was the most my glasses ever tinted
Funny that the only things he did during the pandemic was trott himself out to be racist.
Left the real work to the states with one big shrug.