Pilger strikes me as a bleeding heart liberal par excellence, a sentimentalist. It is not the "denial of justice," (whatever he means by that), that oppresses the indigenous it is the denial of their/our common humanity. He talks about the denial of Aboriginal nationhood, when nationalism itself aids the perpetuation of this estrangement, this mistaken identity that holds humanity apart. Pilger is a moralist, for him it's not that we need a superior social relationship that recognises our common identity, we just need to be superior humans within a social system that necessitates alienation and on us being nothing of the sort.
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Pilger strikes me as a bleeding heart liberal par excellence, a sentimentalist. It is not the "denial of justice," (whatever he means by that), that oppresses the indigenous it is the denial of their/our common humanity. He talks about the denial of Aboriginal nationhood, when nationalism itself aids the perpetuation of this estrangement, this mistaken identity that holds humanity apart.
Pilger is a moralist, for him it's not that we need a superior social relationship that recognises our common identity, we just need to be superior humans within a social system that necessitates alienation and on us being nothing of the sort.
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