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[-] AngrilyEatingMuffins@kbin.social -1 points 1 year ago

Honestly this sort of smug superiority cloaked in a thousand years of oppression is so fucking obnoxious.

Why is Europe so rich? What allows you to afford those social systems? Could it have been the systematic pillaging of the economies of the places whose refugees you now so smugly ‘decline’ helping.

The way you frame keeping people from dying at sea as some great burden to the state is fucking disgusting.

You fucking disgust me, frankly.

[-] nanoobot@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

You have to admit it is more complicated than that though. It's more complicated than jas describes too.

Is enabling people trafficking by having a fleet of boats hanging out on the libian coast really going to save more people than ending the practice all together?

It's absolutely true that countless other things should be done to help the poor around the world, but I genuinely don't see how encouraging masses of people to set out to sea in sinking boats helps anything at all?

[-] JasSmith@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago

Why is Europe so rich?

Democracy, free speech, rule of law, the Enlightenment, less corruption, a proletarian work ethic, secularism, and more. The fact that you people think the only reason the West is doing well is because of acts from hundreds of years ago demonstrates such a superficial understanding of history it boggles the mind. Ethiopia and Liberia were never colonised, yet they perform just as well as all the other colonised African nations. This demonstrates that colonisation alone is clearly only one of many factors impacting prosperity in the region. As someone who grew up in Africa, allow me to explain how nations are run: corruption. In Nigeria, for example, where I have some experience, it's not even called "corruption." It's just how they do business and politics. "Gift giving" is just good manners. With such a set of values in place, you should not have any doubts about the reason for the lack of African prosperity.

I should remind you that all African nations have practised various forms of colonisation and slavery throughout history. Depending on the definition of the word, very few nations on Earth have not. Your Noble Savages trope is as tiresome as it is factually incorrect. At some point these nations will have to take responsibility for their current circumstances. Blaming other nations won't solve their problems, and we're going to close the doors soon.

[-] AngrilyEatingMuffins@kbin.social -1 points 1 year ago

Jesus Christ I actually hate you. This smug, know-nothing (in every sense) bullshit is why everyone hates Europeans.

Literal white supremacist talking points, too. So that’s cool.

Europe invents fascism, racism, homophobia, has nonstop wars for thousands of years, still has kings but y’all motherfuckers try to pretend you’re the bastion of all that’s good in the world.

Fuck. Off.

[-] JasSmith@kbin.social -1 points 1 year ago

You sound like a toddler having a temper tantrum. Are you used to echo chambers where everyone agrees with you?

[-] AngrilyEatingMuffins@kbin.social -1 points 1 year ago

Make like your leader fascist scum

this post was submitted on 22 Jun 2023
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