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Okay. Most of my followers/followees I don't really know. I follow people because they post memes that make me piss myself, or they defend my politics with the kind of impassioned brilliance I couldn't possibly match.
But I'm compelled to share something of a personal nature. 1/
I'd like to say a few things about the current state of affairs in Ireland.
But I'm a legal immigrant. I speak the language, pay my taxes, and respect the culture, so of course anything I say will be dismissed as some kind of "ism."
I'll say this, though: I made my home here almost ten years ago, and in that time I've watched a beautiful country turn ugly.
The Third World is not a place, it's what happens when governments fail to serve the best interests of their own people.
@Chronodendron "The Third World is not a place, it's what happens when governments fail to serve the best interests of their own people."
Wow. That is a paradigm-shifter. I never thought of the 3rd world in any other terms except geographical, but this makes perfect sense.
@JVMonte2 This is my favourite Eagles album, Hotel California notwithstanding. Solid from start to finish.
Lyin' Eyes
Title track
Take it to the Limit
Hollywood Waltz
Journey of the Sorcerer