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| The myth of the 'brutal savage' and the mindset of conquestCorry, Stephenhttp://www.theecologist.org/essays/2987547/the_myth_of_the_brutal_savage_and_the_mindset_of_conquest.html 
 Publisher:  Ecologist
 Date Written:  21/04/2016
 Year Published:  2016
 Resource Type:  Article
 
 The 'brutal savage' meme has enjoyed a resurgence in popular culture and establishment narratives, despite abundant evidence that it's fundamentally wrong. But it suits today's dominant mindset of conquest, conflict and colonialism all too well, and serves to justify the ongoing genocide and expropriation of surviving Indigenous Peoples today.
 
 
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