America is just too big and the system is struggling to hold everyone together

On the day of the US election, the ABC audience had an interesting conversation.

ABC Radio’s James Valentine had asked whether his listeners felt differently about the United States than they had in the past.

Bill rang in. He splits his time living between both countries, and his call stuck with me.

“We’ve got 25 million people in Australia, they’ve got roughly 350 million,” he said.

“There’s 15 Americas for every one Australia. You can all find an America that you like.”

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