Peter Sutton

Um, so, so a- a- again, one shouldn't underestimate- Uh, the extent to which personal interests drive, uh, um, some of the, uh, anti-Western, uh, ac- a- activism.

And, um, um, there, there's an Australian, uh, anthropologist called Peter Sutton, who's actually a man of the left.

Um, but he himself has commented on, um, progressive attitudes towards, um, the plight of Aboriginal peoples in Australia, and noting that, that, um, the, the kinds of solutions that they have in terms of political recognition, um, really make no difference to the lives of, uh, um, Aboriginal people who live in remote communities which are socially dysfunctional.

Mm-hmm.

So what compels them? And nor actually are they driven by a concern for the oppressed.

I've read a, a, a couple of penetrating analyses, one by an Australian anthropologist called Peter Sutton, who's actually spent time working with Aboriginal peoples in Australia.

And he's observed the social dysfunctions that these people suffer from.

And he says of, of an urban middle-class progressive activists that the things they call for, like having a special voice to Parliament in Australia or land sessions, these don't really address the problems at the ground level at all.

So what compels them? A- and nor actually are they driven by a concern for the oppressed.

Uh, the, the ...

I've read a, a couple of, of, um, penetrating analyses, one by an Australian anthropologist called Peter Sutton, who's actually spent time working with Aboriginal peoples of Australia, and he's observed the social dysfunctions that these people suffer from.

And he says of, of an urban middle-class progressive activists, um, the, the things they call for, like having a special voice to parliament in Australia or, or land, uh, sessions, these don't really address the problems at the ground level at all.