You gotta remember a lot of these countries work with the United States directly and the United States props up kingdoms. We are a imperialist empire and what you went through in Egypt or whoever is a direct result from American interference and imperialism. We are moving away from our soft power and we’re going to our wakadoo burger king Hard power, a very clumsy club of buffoons. It is some of these Arab countries that work directly with the United States, that go out and kill American citizens when they’re abroad. Along with the Israelis. Some of these Muslim kingdoms and Israel are like peas and carrots. For instance, Saudi Arabia had connections with the terrorist attack that was allowed to push us into a 20 year War for absolutely fucking nothing… I’m so fucking amazed that people haven’t put all this shit together, especially with the whole shit that’s going on in the terrorist state of Israel. The Cold War Never ended… Communism’s dead and all we have is capitalist countries fighting amongst each other and the working class getting crushed under the weight. The era that we lived in was the Neo-liberal order, which is coming to an end. Neo-liberalism was a way to put all the wars on pause. What you’re seeing in America is liberalism, the pressure valve of capitalism, which was always a bound to blow. Fail and give way to right-wing populism, which leads to fascism, if unchecked. You’ll see in a lot of countries, split between two parties eventually. In general, global voter turnout is at an all-time low because people are starting to wake up to the fact that our supposed democracies are nothing but a ruse. Capitalism will set the world on fire and end all human life. Men will become slaves and women will be barefoot and pregnant. I’ve even listened to CIA analyst talk about how the United States is no longer a democracy. I believe it never was, really. But even they are acknowledging. Egypt warned Israel that Hamas was going to attack. They wanted them to attack, so they could manage perception and commit their genocide. You ain’t full of nobody anymore, bud. All these people that go along with this propaganda, they don’t realize that there’s going to be a boomerang coming right the fuck back and smacking them in the face. The future that these capitalists have planned for you is a future with no autonomy, no prospects, and just more and more work. The United States is no longer going to take care of itself. And the rich people are just going to suck us dry. Where I live there are literal Hooverville’s. Work will set you free. Welcome to the new Dark Ages.
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JulieLemming@lemm.ee 7 months ago
If you are from USA Thank on your knees to fate that you weren’t born in Egypt
andybytes@programming.dev 7 months ago
JulieLemming@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Did you take your medicine
shawn1122@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Using ‘civilized’ in this context evokes a bit too much Western colonial brain rot for my tastes.
India and Egypt are two very different countries geographically, culturally and politically.
GoodOleAmerika@lemmy.world 7 months ago
My friend is from Egypt and he says the same but I have no idea what exactly is there that is so bad. Can I elaborate.
wewbull@feddit.uk 7 months ago
I’ve been to Egypt several times, and sometimes I’ve stayed with people who have moved there.
The impression I get is that there very few ways for people born there to raise themselves up above what I call “The Hustle”. There’s a state of being where the key to survival is extracting money out of everyone you meet. By fair means or foul, you must make money.
It can be making sure every person that walks into your shop buys something. It can be being a kerb crawling tuk tuk driver pestering walkers by. It can be thieving. It can be taking bribes in local government. Everybody is on the hustle. You can’t afford to trust people because they’ll take any advantage they can. It’s a permanent state of stress and fear.
…and then there are the immigrant whales that move there, buy a big house on the coast and exploit the locals by flashing the cash.
All of that said, when people do manage to find something stable, they’re a great people, but there are so few decent ways to make enough money.
JulieLemming@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Mentality is just merciless and cruel. Years of generational abuse. Abusers become abusers. Corruption. On Egypt Facebook your feed is flooded with videos of animal abuse and laughing smileys in comments. It’s a dark place