Its a capitalist mindset. Resources are scarce so I need to be prepared to fight for them / defend what I have.
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There are no bacteria in your eye. These perceptual disturbances are due to increased retinal sensitivity to vitreous substance. It’s why they move when around like they’re in liquid when you turn your head fast.
shawn1122@sh.itjust.worksto Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world•Seeing shit like this kills me. People are so ignorant.English1·13 days agoShe means died for this country in the Nazi imperialist Christian way, not as the filthy colored victims in one of those shithole countries.
Sure but in this case there are numerous gun related phrases that have persisted in American culture because of this particular affinity.
shawn1122@sh.itjust.worksto Technology@lemmy.world•Trump wanted a US-made iPhone. Apple gave him a gold statue.English4·18 days agoConsidering this guy got re-elected, there may be some overlap with American qualities here.
Yes, thats part of the why but it’s still odd culturally from the perspective of the rest of the world especially since what you’re describing occurred 100+ years ago and the terminology has likely only persisted because of the US’ gun obsession.
Not really off script for Abrahamic religions though.
shawn1122@sh.itjust.worksto History Memes@lemmy.world•No one can claim having more superior jeans. Even the feared Mongols fell out of fashion.English11·22 days agoNever said Westerners were the only imperialists. But the scale of their foreign interference, in recent times, is unmatched. The Japanese mostly stayed within East Asia.
You can attempt to throw out as many supposed counter-examples you like. Nothing will match the scale of destruction and genocide that was the European colonial era.
No one is saying that the Europeans were the only ones that lacked the ethical framework to forego the colonial pursuit. The point is that they absolutely did lack that ethical framework and, well, here we are. There are many cultures on Earth that would not have done what they did, if given the same circumstances. Even though I know you’d prefer to focus on the cultures that would.
That doesn’t mean white people are more evil or violent. I personally beleive Abrahamic religions are often interpreted by their followers as a justification for conquest. It’s part of why Europe and the Middle East are so similar in their imperialistic aspirations over the past millennia.
Also you’re not a sociopath. The argument that you suggested is sociopathic though.
shawn1122@sh.itjust.worksto History Memes@lemmy.world•No one can claim having more superior jeans. Even the feared Mongols fell out of fashion.English15·22 days agoWe can speculate they’d hop on a boat and do that but the reality is only one region of the world actually did it on a scale that was globally disruptive in recent history.
In any case, it’s still a sociopathic argument that relies on gaslighting.
shawn1122@sh.itjust.worksto History Memes@lemmy.world•No one can claim having more superior jeans. Even the feared Mongols fell out of fashion.English15·22 days agoThis was a common argument used in the colonial era and is actually a common rationalization used by sociopaths (if you had my ability you’d hurt people too).
shawn1122@sh.itjust.worksto History Memes@lemmy.world•No one can claim having more superior jeans. Even the feared Mongols fell out of fashion.English2·23 days agoPeople are people. We are more a product of our environments than any innate differences.
Europeans and their descendants have had environmental pressures that led to certain advantages which they were willing to capitalize on globally. The inhumanity involved was predicated on dehumanizing other peoples and cultures, giving birth to white supremacy. The resultant industrialization they sought after has wreaked havoc on our planet and may bring our species to extinction through climate change.
I appreciate where your dad was coming from. It’s disappointing that we live in a world where your father even had to challenge such a proposterous notion (racial superiority).
But white people are not more violent. In the same way, I don’t see any accomplishment by a white person as unique to their race. They are human accomplishments first and, in my view, could have been achieved by any person in the same environmental circumstances.
I don’t even see white people as an amalgamation anymore. Or any ‘race’ for that matter. My ancestors are Indian so you can imagine we don’t all see or refer to ourselves as just Indian (an identity that within it holds 1500 dialects). I don’t think it’s a meaningful designation. It’s happenstance.
I’m much more interested in the specifics. Particularily, defining and understanding a persons worldview. If youre a person that tries to put people on a hierarchical ladder based on arbitrary physical traits, we’re probably not going to vibe. If you’re someone that understands that identity is fluid and evolves over time (just as our values might) and have a goal of making life better for ourselves and others then I would reassert what I said earlier. We are more similar than we are different.
shawn1122@sh.itjust.worksto History Memes@lemmy.world•No one can claim having more superior jeans. Even the feared Mongols fell out of fashion.English11·23 days agoThey’re an existential threat to our species so I’m totally ok with giving them their own nation as a quarantine measure. They would immediately declare war when they realize their society/economy is dysfunctional either due to global ostracization or not having access to legacy wealth accruing mechanisms created during colonial times. The question is if America would come to their rescue as they have for the worlds other “favorite” ethnostate.
Does Nazi Fascistostan have a right to exist?
I take it here is not in the US.
But even if you’re in Sweden or Norway, it shouldn’t matter. People are people. And I can also confirm that there are black families that go to IKEA 🤣.
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I see it now. Yuck. Thank you.
Believe it or not, black people exist. Maybe not where you live specifically but I can personally confirm they’re real.
I’m not here to tell you to buy American Eagle jeans, and I definitely won’t say that they’re the most comfortable jeans I’ve ever worn or that they make your butt look amazing.
Why would I need to do that?
But if you said that you want to buy the jeans, I’m not going to stop you.
Just so we’re clear, this is not me telling you to buy American Eagle jeans.
Sydney Sweeney has great jeans— you see what I did there, right?
Where is the implication that genes are related to personality though?
I condemn this.