Troyna

That's what live for at the moment lol.

[Tautology Bazaar @rushmorn]

My brain:
You should probably do one of those don't say it tweets

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You should probably do one of those don't say it tweets

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[Troyna @DragonRecycled]

Do you remember when you joined Twitter? I do! #MyTwitterAnniversary

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@Noahpinion But shouldn't (in theory at least) widespread acceptance of MMT reduce the political significance of deficits? And therefore, stop people from attempting things like "closing the deficit gaps"?

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@microwavedbageI @rushmorn @mapletreeways @MLazyguy I should have said *most successful nations instead, since it is the model used in most of the major Asian economies too, right now

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@microwavedbageI @rushmorn @mapletreeways @MLazyguy Genuine question, what do you suggest as an alternative to welfare states that have market oriented economies? (The model of governance in most western nations at the moment)

[Troyna @DragonRecycled]

@TheseQueenz @jesuisjoy_xo Because I don't think of "us" as one people, dipshit. And because I assumed you meant East Asians when you said Asian as if it were a bad thing. I'm of the brown variety.

[Troyna @DragonRecycled]

@TheseQueenz @jesuisjoy_xo Suit yourself. Your arguments lack substance and historical nuance. So you've resorted to name calling and xenophobia (you took a shot at me for being Asian for no apparent reason) the entire time.

Call everyone on the internet a white supremacist, if it makes you feel better.

[Troyna @DragonRecycled]

@TheseQueenz @jesuisjoy_xo ....Sigh. I'm starting to think you're retarded. I didn't say invasion wasn't savage, I meant that the amount of territory invaded doesn't really imply the level/intensity of savagery. That invasion isn't any more savage than burning people alive for the hope of rain.

[Troyna @DragonRecycled]

@TheseQueenz @jesuisjoy_xo Also, what was that quip at Asians? What did they do?

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@TheseQueenz @jesuisjoy_xo No, I'm not. I'm talking on behalf of a logical, informed and balance view of history as opposed to getting swept away by unproductive hate-hysteria that does nothing to change things for the better.

[Troyna @DragonRecycled]

@TheseQueenz @jesuisjoy_xo Mayans killing entire cities & sacrificing them to blood gods isn't made any less savage by this.

Nor the fact that the Mongolians killed so many people it actually lowered the global human carbon footprint.

Or the fact that muslim empires conquered almost as much as the Brits.

[Troyna @DragonRecycled]

@TheseQueenz @jesuisjoy_xo Territory invaded =/= savagery.
You need to think about these things in context. The Brits (& the euros) did what everyone else had done up until that point, except on a larger scale because they happened to be the dominant power during the scientific and industrial revolution.

[Troyna @DragonRecycled]

@TheseQueenz @jesuisjoy_xo Also, "my people" didn't commit those acts. I'm Asian. My people have known being under colonial rule.
My point was that blaming all of today's ills automatically on colonialism everytime is dishonest and unhelpful. It's not going to make things better. Cultural Revolutions will.

[Troyna @DragonRecycled]

@TheseQueenz @jesuisjoy_xo Also, "my people" didn't commit those acts. I'm Asian. My people have known being under colonial rule.
My point was that blaming all of today's ills automatically on colonialism everytime is dishonest and unhelpful. It's not going to make things better. Cultural Revolutions will.

[Troyna @DragonRecycled]

@TheseQueenz @jesuisjoy_xo Humans have been savage to each other since time immemorial. We were trapped in Malthusian cycles till the industrial revolution, everywhere. But if it makes you feel any better:

Those were savage acts, agreed. And they were bad. People suffered as a result.

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@TheseQueenz @jesuisjoy_xo But okay. The edge of the North African desert is colonized today.

Hope you find satisfaction in having this imaginary structure as a scapegoat. It means absolutely nothing in the real world though. Convenient blame games do nothing to change things for the better.

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@TheseQueenz @jesuisjoy_xo I like how you completely avoided addressing the state of affairs over there BEFORE it even started.

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@TheseQueenz @jesuisjoy_xo There's also Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, The Phillipines, Korea, China, all of the former Ottoman colonies etc....

And if we were to go further back, The Romans did the same to pretty much all of Europa, the Persians to most of the Mediterranean & the Mid - East etc..

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@TheseQueenz @jesuisjoy_xo Here are some places that also experienced centuries of colonialism: