You keep saying that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. |
I know exactly what it means. The US and NATO are a neo colonial force. What exactly do you think an American company Blackrock buying up Ukraine and Halliburton in Iraq is if not colonialism? These wars are boosting our economies. It’s a nation building enterprise by another nation which is exactly what colonialism is |
You said it well, PP. |
I'm not condoning the riots and violence occurring all over the UK/Ireland. However, I do, to some degree, understand it because what PP states above is true. And this isn't just happening in the UK/Ireland. Just google "Are European countries losing their cultural identities through mass immigration?" and see what pops up. Political parties across Europe who are alt-right and very anti-immigration are gaining momentum for this very reason.
Source: https://www.politico.eu/article/brussels-braces-for-far-right-wave-as-eu-election-looms/ |
You're kidding, right? A few reminders: Repeated Mongol invasions and rape of Europe North African invasion and colonization of the Iberian Peninsula Ditto with the concurrent Arab invasion and colonization of the Iberian Peninsula Japanese incursions in China Japanese incursions in Korea Chinese incursions and influence peddling in Southeast Asia These are off the top of my head from grade school. I'm sure any history buffs can provide more. |
I never said that Europe were the only colonial forces so I don’t understand why this devolved into a history lesson. The same forces that weakened the East are weakening the West and that’s globalism, expansionism, and war. The first two along with factor 3 all increase immigration and deficits. It slowly bankrupts a nation. |
I think you mean Gaelic, not Celtic. I do agree with you about the Asian countries you mentioned, but not about multiculturalism in general. I live in what has been called the world’s most diverse city. In the past twenty years, on any given day I might hear a dozen languages spoken outside before I hear English. And it has been a very peaceful city where everyone has pretty much always gotten along. Problems have only started in the past couple of years, because our government rapidly imported a million people from a very specific region of the world, and they pretty much settled in this city. The problem isn’t immigration. Immigration is what made my city great. The problem is rapid mass immigration of only one group, and often it’s only young men, to a relatively small area. |
DP. Others have corrected your ignorance about Japanese and Islamic imperialism. Also, you're being pretty arbitrary about the word "recently." Ask Bulgarians and others whether they enjoyed being under Ottoman rule just a century ago. So I'll just point out that the "migrants" you talk about in the Middle East were invited in to do work wealthy UAE natives don't do themselves. Yes, Dubai is only 10% indigenous, but without the expat middle managers, architects, IT wizzes, Philippino maids, and so on, the country wouldn't function. Also, Dubai is welcoming foreign tourists with open arms--like it or not, it's part of their plan to diversify the economy beyond oil. Watch one of the many documentaries about Dubai's architecture, that hotel that looks like a sailboat (designed, yes, for tourists), or the "world" of islands they created to attract foreign investment. Yes, Dubai is tacky and weird (I was just there), but you're just wrong to claim they're being overrun by foreigners against their collective will. |
Can’t have those dirty foreigners invading and providing…nursing services.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/sunderland-rioters-throw-rocks-filipino-33391948 |
As with everything, the EU has its pros and cons. Unfortunately, they are feeling the negative affects of "open borders" just as we are. |
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Unfortunately, these conflicts are likely to get worse. Immigration creates conflict if people do not assimilate well with the existing community. The internet has lessened assimilation because it allows people to maintain cultural connections with their country of origin. Large levels of immigration from a single country also enable cultural isolation and fragmentation. Immigration to the UK is very concentrated from specific countries (in comparison to the US) and I don't see a realistic solution to reduce tensions. |
I never displayed any ignorance toward Eastern imperialism nor did I say colonialism was started in the West. People are getting defensive here for no reason. PP asked why Asia doesn’t get an influx of migrants in comparison and I said it is because recently Asia is not warmongering and trying to intervene and spread democracy through the sword. Asia is mostly isolationist and not into regime change wars |
So you believe that the current wave of mass migration is an invasion like the examples you have listed? |
OR its bc Asia doesnt have anything anyone wants to risk their life to migrate for. |