Australia is Strict & Expensive (Brisbane city tour)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 มี.ค. 2023
- Coming to Australia after 8 months in southeast Asia has put us out of touch with western world. We quickly realize how strict everything is, how expensive it is, and how much we don't miss it. But regardless we still make the best out of our time while visiting each country, including Australia. This time we go on a tour of city of Brisbane, and talk about everything new we see that we haven't seen before.
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I was in 🇦🇺 recently and just came back. I don’t find the country to be expensive but maybe that’s because I’m from 🇨🇭 and we earn quite a lot. In terms of safety rules, I don’t find them to be restricting compared to my home country. Because here is even more strict, I find the general Aussies and the country itself to be extremely laid-back, chilled and super friendly. Even the cops smiled at me😂
I also thought I would be seeing the 🦘 and 🐨 everywhere but nope… gotta get outta city to see em 😂
I am from Jakarta and used to travel to office with motorbike (grab or gojek) for years..but I never forget to buckle on my seatbelt either in Indonesia or Australia ( I moved to Australia 2 years ago). And of course you can’t compare price in SE Asia with Australia, even you can’t compare price between Indonesia or Thailand to Singapore (which extemely expensive). As an Asian who live in Brisbane now, I think your review is not fair at all. Yes Australia is more strict, more expensive, but it comes with many benefit. No hate but please reseach more before you travel a place.
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Maybe a strange concept for someone from the US that Australia actually has laws and safety rules that are designed to protect people especially tourists from hurting themselves. Sorry the maintenance guys blocked off the Brisbane sign if they had known that you were coming maybe they would have been a little more considerate. If you had done your research before coming here you would have known that Australia is more expensive than other countries in Asia and probably a lot of other places as well. The main reason is workers here are paid a livable wage and they dont need to be subsidised with tips to survive - the A$ is usually around 2/3 the value of the US$ so when you are comparing prices you need to factor that in. If the sight of wildlife like harmless water dragons or bin chickens is going to alarm you maybe Australia was the wrong choice as a destination. You think that Brisbane and Gold Coast are expensive you wont get much relief in Sydney if you want to hang out in the main tourist areas and in big cities and eat in restaurants be prepared to pay for it. Heres some tips to save you money while touring in this country go to fast food places all the the big US franchises are here like Maccas, Dominoes, Subway, KFC, Hungry Jacks (Burger King) definately not the same quality as a restaurant but a lot cheaper. Visit bakeries you will find them in nearly every town along the way treat yourself to freshly baked meat pies, sausage rolls, cakes, bread etc. Go to a supermarket and stock up with salad vegetables like tomatioe, lettuce and onions, butter, pepper, chicken salt, cold meats, soft drinks in cartons not individually, water but buy it 10 or 20 ltr containers and just keep filling your bottles when hiking or sitting on a beach. Pull up at any scenic location for a picnic lunch and free camp whenever its possible.. Get some sausages (steak if you prefer) find a free BBQ near a beach or in a park and grill the meat and sliced onions, make a sandwich or bread roll add tomato, BBQ sauce or salad. Try fish and chips from one of the many seafood shops on the coast or go to a local club and sign in as visitors their meals are usually a lot cheaper than in a restaurant. When visiting high traffic tourist destinations spend as little time in them as possible these are the things we do to keep costs down as Aussies who travel this country a lot in our RV.
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Yeah nah, Australia actually is overpriced cause a lot of food gets exported at high prices. Even fast food is expensive compared to lots of other places with little agriculture.
And yes, the strict as hell nanny state bs is overbearing. When I was growing up, cycling everywhere was part of the culture. Helmet law killed it. It's coming back now, but the country developed a weird attitude to cyclists in the meantime.
Housing prices out of control too. Current youngsters better start saving for a 200k deposit.
Country is still awesome though cause folks are friendly and we lucked into good nature.
@@paksta Helmet law killed it. Mate, It's for safety. If you're willing to drive with the seatbelt on, you should be ok to use a bike with the helmet for SAFETY FFS. What is the logic there to not cycle if you have to wear a helmet? Australia is expensive and its because you have great wages compared to alot of other countries... in fact there's only a few more above you. Every country exports supplies from other countries but for AU, it is extremely hard to produce food for 26 million people in a dry ass place where the majority of the country is a desert. It's not that simple. I live in North America atm. Having live in AU for, I can tell you the quality of produce in Australia is fantastic. The regulations are tight to make sure the quality is upheld. While corporations have favourable flexibilities, unlike in North America, where Corporations have free reign, Australia still put some force to make sure they don't mess around. Especially when it comes to the quality. Does that mean it wouldn't be better? 100% But we agree on one thing, Australia is awesome.
@shashinweeratunga841 Great comment. I'll explain myself better...
Yes, helmet law unfortunately did impact cycling culture very heavily. It's making a comeback of sorts, but in the meantime, the road culture already moved on. Many motorists already decided that cyclists don't belong on the road and should be subjected to even more regulations like registration. It wasn't that way when I was growing up, when cars just had to look out for people on bikes and accepted it.
To top it off, research indicates that helmet laws don't actually significantly reduce injuries. (Please check that if you like). The laws are really mostly an emotive reflex that ultimately place additional barriers between people and an activity that could improve public health. (For example, with higher density housing, public shared bike schemes may be of more importance to public health and transport, but they'll never get high user rates with existing helmet laws).
I'm more in favour of safety laws with a better researched and well thought-out basis.
Agree with you a lot about food regulations. I didnt say I was against that. But I have a lot of family who live in agricultural areas, and big buyers from export target nations are becoming a significant influence. Nothing wrong with it per se - my family probably makes a lot more money than in the old days as a result - but the fact is, we pay inflated prices now. Local consumers are just competing with big bids for great Aussie food.
And housing is still tough. Real tough. Hope we figure this one out.
@@paksta I'm an avid biker myself. There's no better way to enjoy the city and the weather than on a bike. And I am no fan of helmets. I will look into that research but I am still not bought by your counter-argument or rather why helmet law simply cuts rider rates. And I would say " The laws are really mostly an emotive reflex that ultimately keeps the public in check and safe from one-another" as a collective society. There's research indicating that even though we give speeding ticks, people still continue to break the law and that percentage. But, should we don't implement that law, are we ready for the consequences? My wife is an ER doctor, and I've heard of the biker stories that come to her with and without a helmet for protection. and Its not pretty. I feel like safety trumps the nuisance of a helmet, if that's the point.
"Yes, helmet law unfortunately did impact cycling culture very heavily." I know this is larger discussion probably but I want to know how and why?
" I'm more in favour of safety laws with a better researched and well thought-out basis. " 100% always.
Talking about inflated prices ; I'm in Canada and yikes. It is a mess up here from every aspect. I'm sure you've heard abouy bad the housing situation in Canada is atm. But I can't wait to make a visit to down under, It's weird but I weirdly have faith in AU's gov than CA's gov on getting better prices for groceries and housing. I feel like the gov down under is way more efficient and gets to solutions much faster than the gov here. But it could be a low bar lol.
Comparing prices in a western nation like Australia to the likes of Thailand in Asia, is very apples and oranges. It's completely different... And in this video you only showed a small fraction of one suburb....what about going to Felons, Victoria Park, Eat Street, The Valley, cafe's in West End....so much was missed. And we aren't strict. It's quality of life and safety. You want to not swim between the flags and drown...go ahead.
Of course it’s not SE Asia prices… we pay a living wage. The full time minimum wage in Aus is $22.00 AUD an hour. Casual employees earn 25% above that. As if you could get a burger and a drink for $2. Do some research before you travel.
Earning a living wage doesn't mean much when things are priced higher than living wage gets you, similar to USA
Even in Bali you have to wear a helmet. Laws to prevent people from dying if involved in an accident ,is a good thing. I'm pretty sure it's not for revenue. I'm sure our nurses and doctors appreciate those who wear seat belts in Australia.
In most first World countries seatbelts have to be worn.
Check my pinned comment 🙋♂️
All travellers know that you shouldn't compare counties
Not quite comparing, but rather giving our opinion how we felt
You have actually encouraged me to go there, so thank you.
Amazing, have fun out there 🙋♂️
55.90 AUD are circa 33 euro. For what you order is cheap compared to Europe where salary are just half those in Australia :)
Maybe because we just came from Southeast Asia 😞
In Australia service workers get paid a decent wage and don't have to rely on tips
That's a good thing 🙋♂️
There are beaches where dogs are allowed, but the majority of beaches heavily used by the public are dog free. Dogs have a habit of burying their poo in the sand, and that's not what I would want my 5 year old daughter to find in her sand bucket.
Average Australian wage US$45000 p/a. Average Indonesian wage US$10000 p/a. Our two counties are very different, you can’t compare. One thing we do share however, is a positive outlook on life. Unlike some people…..
Probably coming off the back of Asia yeah it felt strict. Australia is a great place though. We travelled SE Asia for months, then stayed in Brisbane for a year. We felt similar when we arrived but after a couple of weeks we loved it. Compared to the UK where we are from the lifestyle is a lot more relaxed. Yes there are rules but once you adapt you wouldn't feel that way. Brisbane is a brilliant city, was my favourite in Australia in terms of weather/lifestyle and the beaches close by like Burleigh and Noosa were great!
I probably didn't feel the same in terms of rules too much, but I definitely had a strange vibe when we arrived, it's like back to reality almost after coming back from SE Asia. However, Singapore is much more strict!
I'm sure our experience would be little different have we not gotten 10k worth of fines within 2 days 😬
Especially since we didn't get it from police officer so we can fix the mistake right away, but all cameras got us for days 😬
Other than this, we had great time later on in Australia 👋
I feel y'all are exaggerating about the laws there. It's not like you can get in trouble for stupid reasons. There are stricter countries that are harsher than Australia. Singapore can have you arrested for a stupid reason. It is that country that ban chewing gum. Thailand can't let u disrespect the king or government. Laos limits free speech and Indonesia doesn't allow unmarried couples to fornicate. While most Southeast Asia is cheap, There are places like Singapore and Bali that are pricy.
How do you pay for things while travelling? Is it just from savings or do you have some kind of remote jobs?
Hey 👋 we've posted a video about this on our Ig(same handle theBeganovich) with all details how we travel full-time 🙋♂️
The blue ferry you have pointed out (1:07) you do have to pay for them they are the city cat BUT you do have the Red ferry call the hopper, they are free...
Good to know, thanks 🙋♂️
I imagined they would be kangaroos everywhere,but we had to go outside of Sydney to see them 🤣🤣and yes,we were surprised about restrictions,my husband also got a traffic ticket 🤣
It took us quite some time to find kangaroos too, considering there's 50 million of them
And for tickets, Especially coming from southeast Asia where there's no rules 🥲
I picked up a group of American executives at the airport conference on the gold coast. The time it took to cover the distance took them by surprise..
I would recommend experiencing the Aboriginal way . Dreaming. Its the energy of Australia..
It was stricter in the 70's father's could give the kids a hiding for speaking. Police could be brutal with back chat. Night club area was violent.
Australians are rich. They can afford expensive things. When they travel to other countries they find it cheap. Australia has one of the highest minimum wages in the world. And oh, why would you not wear seatbelt? It's the most basic thing in driving.
We aren't rich we have highest household debt, wealth not high wages it your net worth
Coming from Southeast Asia after 9 months on motorbike, don't even remember what seatbelt is 😞
Damn it sucks Australia isn’t like South East Asia …… Like what
Just wait till you come to London... prices here are absolutely mental!
Not looking forward to it 😕 traveling through cheaper countries and seeing everyone smiling and happy even though not having much is such a life lesson for all of us
I come from Brisbane and found London to be a bit cheaper. Now that I live in SE Asia everywhere else seems expensive now.
@@theBeganovich yes smiling happy people is a joy to watch. You should try it yourselves. 😅
BTW, Brisbane is pronounced "Bris-bin" not Bris-bane.
Good to know 🙋♂️
I live in Brisbane. I’d say we have a safety culture especially around tourist spots like the ones you went too. So many tourist die in Australia from lack of understanding. They drown, they get lost, they look the wrong way when crossing the road, The don’t wear seatbelts and then are in accident. If you don’t swim between the flags you will probably be dragged out to sea by the current before the flags drowning was a massive massive issue. If you don’t wear a helmet on those scooters and fall off and crack your head open you won’t be able to sue anyone like the council as you were warned and your travel insurance won’t cover you for breaking the law. Not sure what the seatbelt thing is about. Did you not wear a seatbelt and the car was moving? Again if you were in an accident and not wearing a seatbelt your travel insurance isn’t going to cover you for your hospital or funeral. Also the food prices sound out of control there are 1000s of places to eat that would be cheap. I feel like with a bit more research this could have been a great time. It’s like when I went to LA and spent 2 days in tears from confusion over transport, tipping and locations after I was hassled by a homeless person and called everything under the sun. Now I research and plan everything before going to a foreign place even within Australia.
That's a lot of great points.
The seatbelt thing, heh, we didn't know that Australia has these "vehicle monitoring cameras" all throughout the country and coming from southeast Asia after 9 months, putting seatbelt in a camper was last thing Kalee remembered, so we traveled for 1,500+ kilometers and got ton of fines 🥲
But we still don't regret visiting Australia, we've also had some really memorable times we're getting ready to share
Life goes on, it's all lessons and experiences 🙂🙋♂️
The first search would be, are there any homeless people living there.
"gotta follow the rules" "nanny state" common aussie statement
It cost more to import products & cars from overseas atm
I hope you can revisit Australia one day .The person who offered you to stay with them , take the opportunity and do couch surfing . If you want to see kangaroos in the wild with in our national parks .Look up blogs and how to budget in Australia and it does help . After the Covid lockdowns , everything has become more expensive here in Australia . We have had more rain than usual and we had a lot of floods and the farmers lost a lot of crops . Don’t let the rules of the Australian government upset your stay here . When you travel to a new country always find out their rules,so you can abide by them . Best of luck with what ever you do . God bless .
Thank you, really appreciate your comment, we hope to have another chance in the future and get to experience it more like a local, only first couple days were bad as we had major setbacks but it does get better from this point forward 🙂🙋♂️
Yous pair seem a right hoot.
yes, Brisbane has changed. It is not the same slow go easy town it was 15 years ago.
We just didn't feel free 😞
Hopefully Australia being so strict keeps crime way down
you think
That would be positive thing but we felt so restricted all the time , just didn't feel free 🥲
Sounds like you had a truly awful time in Oz. Shame as is a beautiful country . There are positives ,,,Safe, clean and unlike Bali our beaches are not covered in trash. No neglected, starving abused animals roaming the streets , dogs etc & yes there are some beaches here which are not dog friendly. . Most people r happy with that as those who are afraid of dogs can relax and enjoy . Many dog friendly beaches around the place tho. Love travelling to Asia , cheap food and accomodation but always happy to get back to clean beautiful Oz. Happy travels 😊
Nah, doesn't keep crime down. America is choking with laws. Look at their crime.
As long as there are abused children and broken families there will be crime...you can't eliminate all weapons. We have shootings Here too. Mostly gang related though
Always a shock for asian people moving to Australia too so expensive why so expensive! :D
Oh well, we'll speak to God about the kangaroo problem.🤣 Perhaps we could have them trucked in for you! As far as no dogs on the beach, good. There are plenty that are dog free, but I don't like lying in dog shit and having dogs come over and jumping on me while their daft owners think it's funny! Yep, it's expensive here now, imagine how we residence feel. Not sure where you tourists are eating, but I don't pay $30 for a pizza, more like $22 for a large.
No need to be defensive, we're all different people allowed to feel different about things, we're just sharing our experience 🙋♂️
@theBeganovic Oh really. I think it's you being defensive, I was just expressing my feelings. After all, we are just different people allowed to feel different about things, as you put it. The reality is you and your partner were such sad sacks, I couldn't help but have a dig! TH-cam is not for you. You can't post something, then not be thick skinned enough to cop what you might consider negative responses. Especially if you wanted to build a channel.
The Citycats aren't free, it's the smaller ferries (called Kittycats) that are free. The lizards are called water dragons. They won't bite. Nice to see your thoughts on things here, and yes, south east Asia will ruin you if you get used to how much things cost there!
Would've been nice if you'd found out how to pronounce Brisbane, though.
To be honest, I think part of the "strict" thing is that there's a lot of people who act stupidly here. It's the idiots that make them have to bring in rules for everything that makes life more annoying for everyone else.
Good info to know, thank you
think we're already ruined with southeast asian lifestyle and prices, we don't even wanna go back to USA to live there anytime soon :(
It's just, we didn't feel free even with simple things, always had feeling "we'll get in trouble if we do that" but it was also our first time in the country
Cheers
What first world country doesn't penalize people for not wearing seatbelts?
That's totally fine, when you get stopped by police and get ticket for seatbelt, it will immediately remind you yo put it on for rest of the trip. That wasn't the case with us as Australia was the first country we've been to (out of 60+) to have vehicle monitoring cameras and each one that catches you, you get a fine, and we were completely unaware of them 🥲 but luckily we're holding foreign license and they can't really chase us for it, we just can't come back to Oz for certain period of time which is ok with us.
Fines are outrageous though, $1k per seatbelt camera photo 🥲
Yea but why would you not wear the seatbelt regardless of how you're stopped or monitored 👀
If you compare AUS with the USA, then it is strickt, but that's why you don't have neighborhoods where you are not allowed to enter or you are not free to go shopping or send your child to school. Paying a seat belt fine is mentioned throughout the video.
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Hey 👋 it's mentioned in the video, we're fresh coming from southeast Asia riding motorbikes for 9 months, it was our first couple days in Australia and honestly totally forgot it 💁
Totally agree, think our comparison was mainly with southeast Asia as we've just spent almost a year there. But only beginning was rough it gets better and of course we made some great memories snd learned some lessons, it's all part of life and the adventure no regrets 🙋♂️
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Seriously though….Brisbane is not perfect but it has its positives. It’s a shame you came all this way just to let your time here be ruined by some fines which would have been easily avoided had you just researched/followed local laws. That one’s kind of on you. I also thought it would be obvious that AUS and SE Asia are very different places.
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This is the first video I have seen of yours.....a terribly negative vibe.
Sorry for bad first impression, but if you watch couple vídeos before that one, we've had some major setbacks first couple days in Oz which put us in terrible mood 🥲
But it does get better i promise 🙂🙋♂️
The power trippers love to make it strict.
You seem very depressed both of you em I can honestly say Australia is a beautiful country second to none in the world its flash and I found the food prices really good ..... 👄🚬
Who wouldn't be after you get $10k worth of fines 🥲
@@theBeganovich $10k worth of fines ae ?
@@teraygrayabe2677 camera detected seatbelt tickets
@@theBeganovich $10.000 for using a camera and seatbelts 😮
@@teraygrayabe2677 no, they have cameras on the road, and kalee didn't wear seatbelt for 2000 kilometers long trip, so many camera's took photos of her without seatbelt
Bull sharks don't have any teeth, so very safe to swim with. This information is for, theBegannovich people, only.
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You can be negative because Australia a high tax country, why alchoal expensive it tax 80% to import 5% custom duty " 10% Import duty " fuel excise 50% " 10% gst ' alchoal excise 65%
First time that I have seen two Karen's together.
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Sorry to hear of your experience . Don’t ride Australia off because it is expensive and strict . The Covid lock down caused a lot of inflation and everything went up in price . We have laws to protect people such as wearing seat belts . Hopefully you can return to Australia and us locals can show you around . Manamarrang National Park on the South Coast NSW has plenty of kangaroos and beautiful coloured birds . There is so much nature in Australia . We will look after you so don’t worry !
Thank you, really appreciate your comment, seatbelt thing really put us in a bad mood at the beginning because we had no idea about cameras, it's different when policeman gives you a ticket, you immediately put it on, but with cameras, we didn't even know they're there, and every one that takes photo of you is a new fine, but doesn't notify you to put it on 🥲 it's still our fault but it was just a mishap since we've spent long time in southeast Asia
Australia is high taxation country be negative then poltican will wake up and lower our taxes
I was in the USA recently and it was expensive there too and some things were cheaper in Australia.
I think it’s also illegal in other countries not to wear a seatbelt.
Sorry if our safety rules annoy u but they are there for a reason
Do your research before travelling here I guess some people don't and are left disappointed.
Of course we do our research but nobody expects "vehicle monitoring cameras" all throughout the country that get you thousands of seatbelt tickets 😅
But it's all life experience and lessons, we're grateful still for good moments 🙋♂️
Haha you guys are the worst!
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This series about Australia is killing my desire to go there 🤣😅
Hahaha sorry 😅
I'd still go and experience for yourself, we had some good memories but definitely not our favorite place we've been to 😀
Australia best country in the world
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Sorry should of worn your seat belts 😂 must be worn
Learn on mistakes, that's life 😀👋
Bloody Bosnians mobs lol 😂🤣 jk hope U enjoyed brizzy, U shud of done Ur research before U travelled , gold coast is pretty expensive, Nimbin Ware the van life is( if U had sum money U cud of went to movie world , sea World , Tweed heads etc) 😂🤣🤤🙏
Hello everyone, to clear it up, upfront why this is a little bit of a negative video:
After 9 months of traveling southeast Asia, we've arrived to Australia, and within 2 days we've gotten $10k in traffic fines (all from seatbelt violations). In southeast Asia we've been on motorbike for 9 months , so completely forgot where seatbelts even are, not an excuse, still our fault but it sting and ruined the trip right at the beginning causing us to be in a bad mood and mad at the country. All tickets were from vehicle monitoring cameras on the road, which we weren't aware of that they're all over the country. And nobody was there to tell us to fix the issue after first fine(like when cop gives you ticket, you fix it right away)
So completely unaware we've gotten into a lot of trouble thus why negative video, I'm sure everyone would be a bit mad at the situation.
Overall it got better later in the trip, we got out of paying the fines and still made some great memories while visiting Australia for 2 weeks
Cheers 🙋♂️
10k in fines hahahaha you are nuff nuffs
I would say do your research first
Do you not research a country’s laws before you go? Australians lead a very safe and healthy lifestyle compared to most south East Asian countries. And you’re not even doing you’re currency conversions when working out prices. It’s like you’ve never travelled before
Not a good introduction to a country I would admit, and I would be mighty upset if that happened to me that is for sure.
Though ever since I was a small child the first thing I was told to do and always have done when getting into a vehicle is to put on the seatbelt. Its been a strictly enforced law for at least 40 years in Australia. Those motion cameras are really quite new however, and there are exemptions, passengers in taxis been a main one.
@@anthonyproctor5104 but it's my life? anyways, spoiler alert, we didn't have to pay anything as we're tourist and can't really take away our foreign license
cheers
Socalism policy causes more inflation why Australia expensive. Pushing up min wage screw middle class purchasing power
Yep! Australia is extremely strict and totalitarian. They have facial recognition and number plate recognition which they used during Covid illegal lockdown where you couldn’t go 10 minutes from your house. And the police during this time was very violent towards us citizens. Also the government have total access to your computer and don’t need a reason. Australia has literally been taken over by the United Nations and their agenda 21. The scariest part though is the Australian ppl seem to be ok with all of this. So Australia is going down very quickly as is a lot of western countries with their new world agenda and financial transformation into government digital currency dictatorship and social credit scoring, and the hammer being climate change and carbon credit system. It’s all for your safety that’s all the excuse they need apparently.
Well, if you say the Australian people are OK with this and presumably your Australian, what are you doing about it? Don't project if you're vacantly standing by doing what you accuse the people of, nothing!
@@aflaz171 the moron that voted Green & labor in power in may
We are a country of meek, compliant sheep
@@aflaz171 did you wear a mask? Did you take the mRNA ? Did you ignore the lockdown? Did you QR code? Did you tell ppl to mind their own business when challenged? And do you believe in the BS climate carbon rhetoric that’s about to change your world into a digital dictatorship and carbon credit social credit score like china. Ppl have the power over these criminals if everyone stood their to the corruption. They have no power over anyone unless the majority comply