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Terra Nullius is a colonial propaganda tool that has been used since Manifest Destiny to justify the occupation of Indigenous lands and claim it as a settler nation-state. In so-called Canada, terra nullius specifically as an art form has been used to build an entire settler-nation image to further their patriotic and nationalist agenda. But I will get into more detail next time on how this happened.
As I sit here with my laptop on the balcony, staring at the tree that is swaying and the wind whistling through its leaves, I think about how privileged I am to exist and to be able to have a balcony to sit on in the first place. How often I take for granted that the earth honors my existence by carrying my body. I think about how cruel we are as humans, how we treat the living beings around us. I often also think about the ways we can be…