Ethiopia was never colonized.
For much of its history, it was one of the poorest countries on the continent.
Meanwhile, Vietnam was colonized by the French, devastated by decades of war, and is now on its way to serious economic prosperity.
If colonialism were the answer to why Africa is poor, Ethiopia should be rich and Vietnam should be broke. Neither is true.
Can we please retire this excuse?
Last night, I read the entirety of C.S. Lewis' The Screwtape Letters. It's a novel told in the form of letters written by a demon to another demon instructing him on ways to manipulate his "patient" to do evil.
This one quote sounded familiar.
There's no reason pepper spray should be illegal. No one has ever used pepper spray to go on a killing spree. The fact that it's illegal to carry pepper spray in the UK suggests the purpose of their laws is to make it illegal to defend yourself. They want you to live in fear.
Wokeness is the most successful rebranding of evil in human history
It takes racism, division, and hatred, wraps them in the language of compassion and justice, and calls it moral progress
It made people cheer for the destruction of their own societies while feeling morally superior for doing it
The Native people of the UK deserve to have their homeland back. We must respect indigenous culture and identity, and acknowledge the deep and enduring connection that the Native communities of the UK maintain with their ancestral homeland, affirming and honoring their rights and heritage. We must support decolonization efforts and acknowledge the historical harms inflicted on the Native peoples of the UK and the broader indigenous community all across Western Europe and the entire Anglosphere.
You are not allowed to notice that every western country opened its borders at the same time, pushed the same ideology at the same time and is experiencing the same demographic shift at the same time.
Just a coincidence. Move on.
Every country on planet Earth is built on conquest. Every “indigenous” tribe claimed its land by conquest. Every line on the map, across every continent and every ethnic group, was drawn by conquest. Apologizing for this is like apologizing for gravity.
By making the American dream available to non Americans, they have destroyed it. The idea that anyone can be an American as long as they're employed in the country is one of the most destructive forces we face.
@J_Utah1991@beinlibertarian@bennyjohnson Trump folded on mass deportations at the first hint of lefty backlash, but plowed ahead on Iran despite bipartisan and his voter base backlash? If he was serious about deportations- left anger was obvious and expected.
Also endorsed Lindsey Graham lol that's becoming the swamp
@J_Utah1991@beinlibertarian@bennyjohnson The point is this is propaganda to make the base believe something that isn't happening.
He was elected for mass deportations and draining the swamp and all we have is another foreign war.