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RE: Indigenous Erasure on the 4th of July: Prayer for a Common Memory
I'm not sure it matters where it's coming from, more what it's aimed at and where it's going to? Your comments do seem a little bit of a personal attack rather than looking at the content itself? @joesal
I am aware there appears to be a bit of ad hominem in my comments, I don't deny that. The problem is the 'white privilege' was used in a identifying personal way, so the personal was made political.
The white privilege concept has its roots, in cultural marxism in the form of Guilt Religion. (It is a means to manufacture collective guilt.)
I really am not sure one way or another how conscience the author is of the techniques and battle fields of cultural marxism. What I am seeing from the socialist movement is to stir up a problem, then have a socialist solution waiting in the wings to 'pre-solve' the problem before it is even introduced in a post.
I can't prove it, but the author does apparently have the solution waiting 'behind the curtain' and that unspoken solution is reparations. I wasn't aware where it came from. Most of the time it comes from the places I alluded to. A little research led to the usual locations.
A quick Google search lays out how reparations is a major socialist issue for 2022 and I address a bit of what was 'unseen' in this post:
https://steemit.com/anarchy/@joesal/socialist-agenda-of-2022-reparations
I take any movements of socialist factions seriously. Now whether the author wittingly or unwittingly is investing authority for the movement is unknown. There was enough to write this post.
Since the comments were discontinued by the authors request, the ability to unpack the details were cut short.
(We are seeing tons of this stuff in the United States, I'm not sure what your exposure is in Australia)
Thanks for replying, and I did read your other post. Im still not entirely sure what the concern is, and it does seem to be wrapped up in labels and political terms which can obfuscate real problems and confuse relationships and cconversations about very real human issues.
Perhaps you are seeing alot of it because things need to change? Its not for no reason that social activism occurs - perhaps its a good idea to consider the cause for such protest and action rather than fear it.
To me, and Im pretty sure the author, the point is that the past has been glorified to one extent and hidden to another for a long time, which has terribly damaged those who have suffered under this history. I cant speak for Americans but certainly it is the case here. It's no loonger good enough to pretend these things didn't happen, regardless of historical 'context' as you say. I dont think there's any historical context excuse, for example, for Melbourne's founding father to have been part of the genocide of Aboriginal Australians in Tasmania, and they've just renamed an electorate after an indigenous activist who fought for social concerns which was fabulous. It's this kind of reparation that addresses imbalances in society that favours white privelege - whereever that term orginated is kinda irrrelevant to me. It's just words used to describe the situation where indigenous people here have a far, far higher mortality rate, less education, more alchohol and health problems, more likely to die in jail and suffer depression, to name a few problems that are a direct result of history - and these problems feed down generation after generation - and THAT'S what we have to recognise and acknowledge.
As for 'reparation', I'm not sure what form you are concerned about, or what form this is taking in America, but for us it's been about 'sorry' - a public acknowledgement by our government, and a big reconciliation movement so that all Australians regardless of colour, history, race, whatever, can celebrate being Australians.
It still means, too, that automony and self governance be given to our First Australians rather that paternalism, and it means publically acknowledging the terrible things that have been done to them, and acknowledging we DO live in a deeply divided world that needs to change. And if we have to change the way we TELL history, then so be it, and if we have to change our very constitutions, so be it. History doesn't work if it's broken, and it's very, very much part of the fabric of both of our societies.
I find it funny you call socialism a 'movement' - yes, it is - it's fluid, adaptable, moving to work for the very people in society that less fluid, more traditional, more conservative 'establishments' would rather ignore because they're too busy protecting their own identity and power.
Ugh. It's early, and I'm off free diving. Again thanks for the reply, it's a problem both our nations have that aren't easily solved, so I'm not sure how much debate is needed here, but you've clarified what you are worried about and are heard.
That sounds like a fairly good outcome in Australia.
I have seen for 3 decades natives becoming very able and skilled, slowly working their way out of the governments paternal shadow.
The government housing projects slowly emptying out over the years as generations move out of poverty and into better lives.
I don't see this government getting it right, and definitely not the socialist faction getting it right.
Ah I think that's the happy outcome of this debate. No one quite has it right BUT something needs to happen. 💛
Yes it is in that 'something needs to happen' that this debate arises. Do the natives who have worked decades to get out of the governments shadow need to be forced to pay taxes or incur debt to future generations for a social program in the name of reparations?
You see the logic problem there yes?