MildColonialMan

MildColonialMan t1_izoyjsf wrote

Not Indigenous but as I understand it, in their cosmology, links between people and country (and between country and language) are permanent and part of the natural order of things. It's a logic of relationships rather than one of possession, and the permanent relationships were/are established in the Dreaming. You belong to country in a similar way to how you belong to a family. Same as I am always related to my family even if I'm totally estranged from them, they're always related to country.

The relationships between language and country were/are also established in the Dreaming. So Dharug Country is always Dharug Country even if nobody speaks Dharug on it any more.

At a more basic level, it's been theirs for at least 60,000 years. That's a lot of ancestors in the ground, literally becoming part of it.

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MildColonialMan t1_iwri05e wrote

Forrest is a mining billionaire who has increased his inherited fortune at the expense of Aboriginal traditional owners while posing as their saviour. Recently his company has invested in gas mining, which he's calling "green" so he can pose as some climate hero. Now he seeks to profit from Ukraine war reconstruction while posing as their saviour.

There will be money to be made in reconstruction either way, he's just getting in early. Once the war is over and nobody's looking, he'll squeeze Ukraine while it's vulnerable. Same as he's always done in negotiations with Aboriginal traditional owners who he claims to help. Nothing to do with "Twiggy" or any other Australian mining magnate is ever uplifting. Just look him up.

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