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If I could find a country full of people that weren’t petty pissants I’d be thrilled
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Submitted 3 weeks ago by astraetluna@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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bobs_monkey@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
FistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.com 3 weeks ago
Australia ain’t bad
It’s not perfect, but it’s better than a lot of places
I’ve lived in a few countries and there’s nowhere else I’d rather be than where I am right now
gdog05@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I want to believe you. Is your satisfaction with Australia in any way attributed to your username? If I were a tourist who meets you in a bar and I asked you what fun things there are to do in the area, would you grab your wrist as you punch upward? Do you drive a Ute with dual exhaust that has chrome Goatse hands around the pipe. Man, I have so many questions about Australia.
Contentedness@lemmy.nz 3 weeks ago
I’ve found Australia very accepting and progressive provided I don’t leave the inner northern suburbs of Melbourne.
southernbeaver@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I would also say that Canada is not perfect but I love it here. Cities are hellscapes though
lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Doesn’t Australia have these aggressive “don’t even try to move here” add compains? I guess it’s different once you’re in
shawn1122@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Before 1950: Colonizer. Cool, badass, likely about to commit crimes against humanity.
After 1950: Expat.
People like this never see themselves as immigrants. They believe immigrants extract value while they bring value to anywhere they may grace with their presence.
DFX4509B_2@lemmy.org 3 weeks ago
[deleted]LodeMike@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
The US takes in a lot of immigrants.
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
Well, probably fewer now. But yes, up till now it was easy enough If you’re from India or have a million dollars.
ddplf@szmer.info 3 weeks ago
That’s the point.
shalafi@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
writing that ad
When Photoshopping a stock image you mean?
shalafi@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It so clearly fake and you all fell for it.
astraetluna@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
[deleted]shalafi@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Have you read the comments on your own post?! These people think that sign is real.
LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
North Sentinel Island, here I come!
individual@toast.ooo 3 weeks ago
Afghanistan
ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
“Immigrant” in fascist newspeak means “non-white person”. in fact, I still remember a fascist from 10+ years ago, who opposed “all forms of immigration” to the US suggesting me deep red states and towns where I could settle down, and he was convinced “immigration” meant “movement of non-white people between countries”, and called my potential move to the US “settling down in another country”.
Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
White = cool and hip expat Anyone else = scary and dangerous immigrant
random_character_a@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Always relevant.
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TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I heard an anecdote of an old white American couple visiting Mexico and the wife remarked “wow, there are so many immigrants.”
zout@fedia.io 3 weeks ago
Yup. You've also got words like environment not meaning the world we live in, safety not meaning being safe (this isn't exclusive to fascists, but they ran with it in the small government bullshit) and "nazis were actually left wing".
saltesc@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yeah. Immigration and emigration are really normal innocent terms to sort of explain populus as a commodity around a country’s borders. Social, economical, skills, etc. They’re just normal things countries enact to increase, decrease, or balance depending on their internal situation. And that’s entirely reasonable because it’s the only thing in place that kind of controls our species’ population to secure itself and all the shit we impact on ourselves and the environment.
So, it makes sense for a country to open up when it can sustain or needs more people. It’s like leaving the door open, “Come on in, please.”
In other times, it’s to prevent damage like, “Sorry, we’d normally love to have you but we can’t afford it right now unless you’re bringing your own beer.”
The US, right now, with it’s low employment rate and Trump’s dreams of being self-sustaining in many industries, guess what? The US needs to open up its borders BIG TIME for that and needs to incentivise it for that scale too.
But to many Americans, “immigrants” does not mean that. Could b the smartest motherfucker out there, but they don’t care you’re a dual PhD holder and know four languages, you have an accent and your skin is white; you’re a fucking “immigrant” lol.