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Originally Posted by MarchHare
What about Australia? Like Canada, they too have an awful history of mistreatment and dehumanization of their aboriginal peoples. Canadian police kill their citizens 5.7 times more often than Australian police do. I'm very curious as to why.
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Good question.
I might suggest that Australia's closer ties to the UK and Canada's to the US might account for the difference, but that is pure speculation.
ETA: I feel that Canada and Australia share the same essential post-colonial culture.