Some thoughts I've had from reading this thread, which may or may not be on topic.

Yesterday I watched a clever video called Babakiueria. It is a satirical look at what Australian society would be like if the Aboriginal people of Australia were the dominant social group.

It turns the tables on what society here is like. What if white people had no power in our society and black people did? What if television had token whites instead of token blacks? What if white people's children were taken away from them "for their own good"? etc etc . If in fact the Aboriginal people were the dominant group, then as a generalisation only, I cannot imagine them making the same power based decisions as the white people have made. Their social culture seems different from the white tradition of revering power and powerful people, although I know how limited my knowledge of their culture is.

The title Babakiueria comes from the opening situation of the video. White people having a barbecue in a barbecue area and the Aboriginal people come up the bay in a little boat, plant the Aboriginal flag to claim this land, and ask the locals what they call this place. They answer "barbecue area" so then the Aboriginal people call the whole country Babakiueria. (This is based on the story/belief that that is how the kangaroo got its name. A white bloke asked a black fella what it was called and the reply was "kangaroo", meaning, "I don't know".)

It was written by Geoffrey Atherden who also wrote (I think) the recent tv series called Grass Roots, about the power plays in microcosm which occur in local government councils.

EP, it's interesting that you mention Colin Wilson's book, The Outsider. I wrote my Honours year dissertation for English Lit on the hero as outsider in fiction, specifically Ursula Le Guin's fiction. I just started re-reading her book called The Dispossessed which I focused on in my paper.

Another thought: I have heard it said that the most extreme disagreements/wars are between the people with the most similar beliefs. We can agree to differ with people with completely different views but when someone with similar views comes along we argue the toss about the smallest details.

Helen