Describing entrenched poverty as a "monster," Pujol painted a picture of a society radicalised by decades of neglect . "The monster is a mixture of patronage, corruption, and political and economic decisions made against the public interest," Pujol said. Indigenous deaths in custody in Australia hit highest level since 1980 .
“The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion (to which few members of other civilizations were converted) but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact; non-Westerners never do.” —Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilisation and the Remaking of the World Order, 1996, p. 51