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And one of the best parts of online discussions is that they are not biased by how you look, just what you write :)
But xenophobia is not class-based, it can be aimed at powerful people (and be partially justified) or aimed at powerless people. Anyone can fall for it, look at the recent example in South Africa: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-66808346
I'm just trying to figure out where to draw a line for an acceptable amount of useful self-defense xenophobia (a sort of protectionism) as a general principle e.g. legislation preventing foreign countries from owning any of your critical infrastructure sounds reasonable vs self-destructive xenophobia e.g. "those damn foreigners"
What are lurkers for if there is no advertising?
Man, I too would like to have a community gathering place, but the local church is super elitist and the priest is a conservative dickhead, so while I would have imagined that churches would not be like that, many alienate potential community members :/
As usual, nuance is the important part here, not slogans (you can hide anything inside them). I'll admit that a little healthy nationalism is useful to keep foreign interests from overwhelming you (or more if anyone gets too pushy), but it's important to not let it stop you using all the tools at your disposal for development e.g. CFA Franc is very useful as a way to facilitate trade between neighbouring countries with the drawback that the "central bank" is located in Paris, but during decolonisation there was no clear leader to control the currency, so a foreign influence made sense at the time, maybe today it could be the AU, but I see no credible alternatives. https://theconversation.com/why-abandoning-the-cfa-franc-would-be-a-risky-operation-120551 (the Wikipedia article is notably terse)
I agree that Africans should be in charge of their destiny, not foreign interests...but "Africa for Africans" sounds just as good/bad as "Europe for Europeans".
After clicking some links, I confirmed that there was also a storm called Daniel and that the two dams didn't just burst by themselves, they burst because of the flood from that storm
PS: apparently it's not just the storm, there were previous warnings.
A 2022 report in an academic journal had warned that if a flood equivalent to one in 1959 was repeated, it would be “likely to cause one of the two dams to collapse, making the residents of the valley and the city of Derna vulnerable due to a high risk of flooding”.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/12/libya-floods-death-toll-dams-burst
Akshualy, America is a continent :)
Mexico, Cuba, Brazil, Venezuela, Argentina, Colombia...they are all Americans ;)
Ya need a better slogan.
Fun fact: Lincoln was Marx's penpal and Marx influenced Lincoln's opposition to slavery :)
Lol, that's a hell of a "leak", good enough for r/conspiracy! Just after a fresh joint military exercise https://apnews.com/article/indonesia-us-garuda-shield-military-exercise-73159bc1badec145b176319404304151
Indonesia is already a democracy, it's already giving the US most of what it wants and Indonesia relies on the US to defend its minor interests in the South China sea, but thanks for the heads up, if there is a revolution, I'll know either China, russia or Iran are behind it.