If only First Nations had guns
Some time ago, author Jarred Diamond wrote a book about why colonialism worked. The books title is “Guns, Germs and Steel”.
If indigenous people in Australia had their own guns then Phillip would have sailed back to England. It was the guns, germs and steel that enabled white people to colonize others and to feel superior to all other indigenous peoples around the world.
The only time colonizing did not work was when the invader went to a new country only to discover that another white colonizer was there before them and could put up a fight with their own “guns”. Of course you will never hear the likes of John Howard say that as it interferes with his view of white supremacy.
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