IN 1988 THE X-MEN WERE STRANDED IN AUSTRALIA. WITHOUT THE HELP OF GATEWAY, THEY WOULD NOT HAVE SURVIVED. IN 1788 THE BRITISH FLEET REACHED AUSTRALIA, & INITIATED THEIR CONQUEST.
THE WHITE MAN’S BURDEN KNOWS NO BOUNDARY, & THE HOLOCAUST DIATRIBE NEEDS A SERIOUS RE-FRAMING. HITLER WAS ONE PERSON & THE NAZI OCCUPATION LASTED 6 YEARS. IDEOLOGIES THAT SURVIVE FOR HUNDREDS OF GENERATIONS ARE MUCH MORE DANGEROUS. THE AFRICAN HOLOCAUST, THE NATIVE AMERICAN HOLOCAUST, AND THE AUSTRALIAN HOLOCAUST ILLUSTRATE HOW HISTORY IS ENFORCED & ERASED BY DOMINATOR CULTURE & PASSED DOWN GENERATIONALLY.
FOLLOWING #SURVIVALDAY VS #AUSTRALIADAY SHOWS A MAJOR CONSCIOUSNESS SHIFT. LIKE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY IN AMERICA, THERE IS A MOVE AWAY FROM CELEBRATING COLONIAL GENOCIDE. THE YOUNGER GENERATIONS ARE OPEN TO ACKNOWLEDGE & GROW FROM THE TRANSGRESSIONS OF THE PAST, INSTEAD OF SWEEPING THEM UNDER THE RUG & PRETENDING AS IF THEY DO NOT EXIST.
UNDERSTANDING JUST HOW HISTORIES ARE ENFORCED & ERASED IS PARAMOUNT IN OUR NEW PARADIGM, AS ALL WAVELENGTHS EXIST SIMULTANEOUSLY. THE ABILITIES TO SEE & HEAR ACROSS VAST DISTANCES HAVE BEEN REALITY LONG BEFORE THE SMART PHONE. THE EIDETIC MEMORY IS A DOUBLE EDGED SWORD, REMEMBERING SO VIVIDLY & IN SUCH DETAIL IS ACTUALLY PAINFUL. REMEMBERING CONVERSATIONS VERBATIM ONE IMMEDIATELY RECOGNIZES WHEN PEOPLE “SAY ONE THING” THEN DO ANOTHER, OVER & OVER & OVER.