Edvard stated: source post
The us vs them mentality is backwards in these days, Meta. We're all interconnected. What happens in one place, will have an impact in another. It's how things are, and will always be. Better work with what you have.
There are plenty of countries where different cultures and religions lived together for centuries. Migration is not a new thing in history.
I am curious, do you think all the non-muslim people living in islamic-dominated countries should be forced to convert to islam? For example, IT people like you who found well paid jobs and made themselves good lives with their family in, say, Dubai.
The us vs them mentality is why people die in terrorists attacks Edvard.
This is not a mentality, this is reality. It is happening.
It will always happen and it will always be here. This is why there need to be boundaries and respect.
Everytime there are different cultures and religions mixing, there is death, destruction, misery, regress and then a new, unified culture is made. Unless the person in charge, tried to centralize the power and culture into one. This is why a lot of pagan countries, back in monarch days, the kings accepted Christianity, to try and centralize the power and unite people under one religion and the result of that: under one culture.
If you leave your country to live elsewhere, you should respect and adopt the other culture. If you do not want to, then do not go there to live as a citizen and expect the same rights as all other citizens. I do not care who, why or where. Do i need to repeat myself all the time Ed? I have considered everything, no situation where you can try to involve me personally will change my view.
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ThenFuckit stated: source post
No, the humanitarian thing to do is only based on emotions. No country ever does anything just because its the right thing to do for another country. If you do that, you will get fucked, because you will be seen as exploitable(because you are). Exploited on your good intentions.
It's a choice, a choice I believe is right. Just like my neighbor can exploit my help countries can exploit each other, but does that mean helping is bad? I think you should help (to a certain degree) when it'll result in something good.
When you help your neighbor, you put at risk yourself. When a nation takes a risk, everyone are at risk. You can see how there is a difference? And such a huge risk based on good intentions is just plain stupid.
ThenFuckit stated: source post
Refugees had their chance to abide. Now its time to move to the next level, since they didn't took any of the many chances they had. It makes no sense to continue to tolerate things that cause more damage then good.
Refugees are not a collective, they're individuals. We should treat them as such.
Yes, we can ask each one individually to change their ways. And only those that refuse leave.
Individuality(as an ideology) is a comfort during normal state of affairs, not a requirement. And we are no longer in a normal state of affairs.
ThenFuckit stated: source post
He is not as stupid as he seemed to me at first and while i do not know what he will do exactly, whatever he does, it will be good for America's nationality. Which is better then almost any politician who has had as much power/influence as Trump recently.
You don't know what he'll do but you feel certain he's the better choice? "Good for America's nationality" is as vague as "Make America Great Again". How can you vote for that? I'm not even sure what it means.
It means he will not deliberately try to fuck the nation and he will put the nation first and he will not bend over to, say, ErdoÄŸan.
I would enjoy him more if he had clear policies, but seeing how politics are done, i think if he did, he might lose, even if they are the right policies. And mainly because of the media and other political attacks. Politics in current democracies is a game of charm and corruption, not of reason and voting. Although in some western countries, it is better, so perhaps there, he could be more genuine. But in America, he is doing the best he can.