Indigenous people are just as smart and adaptable as any others. Presented with tools and practises which clearly make life easier and better, people tend to adopt them

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Punk rock philosopher. Liberalist contrarian. Grumpy old bastard. I grew up in a generational-Labor-voting family. I kept the faith long after the political left had abandoned it. In the last decade...