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Ok, but that gave me nothing though.Japan has had a culture that wouldn't lend itself to turn into a shithole since forever.
Ok, but that gave me nothing though.Japan has had a culture that wouldn't lend itself to turn into a shithole since forever.
I think the fact that they were colonized made things much, much worse as evidenced by its tack record across Africa and the Middle East. These places likely would've been much better off had they not been colonized and were exposed to Western ideas overtime and on their own terms like Japan which had the luck to be separate from the imperial powers.There are lots of shitholes. Nearly all of the colonized countries were shitholes at the time they were colonized. Ethiopia and Afghanistan did a good job being shitholes without having colonization to blame. You think all these places were kicking ass and doing great until whitey showed up?
You are not Japanese.
No but clearly if it was up to the whites it never would've ended. The ANC was able to convince a critical mass of whites that Apartheid was wrong and that was crucial to their success but the impetus for the movement was definitely not the work of whites.Just curious, but are you saying the whites in South Africa had no hand in ending it? Literally no hand at all?
Japan was an industrial power before then, they industrialized after the Boshin Wars with the fall of the Shogunate and the rise of the Meiji government. Funny thing is the imperialists who overthrew the Shogunate were initially reactionaries who were outraged at the Shogunate's attempts to modernize along Western lines but they eventually saw the value in it themselves.I always thought the major sociological and economical progress of Japan was thanks to the Marshal Plan? I know little of them pre war though, did they really have roads and decent infrastructure? Decent, functional government that didn't suck balls?
What makes you say that? Egypt attempted modernization well before Japan did but had its attempt thwarted by Britain. Japan was a feudal shithole into the late 19th century, if they were close to Europe they too would've colonized and likely turned into a perpetual shithole like most of the colonized nations.Japan has had a culture that wouldn't lend itself to turn into a shithole since forever.
What makes you say that? Egypt attempted modernization well before Japan did but had its attempt thwarted by Britain. Japan was a feudal shithole into the late 19th century, if they were close to Europe they too would've colonized and likely turned into a perpetual shithole like most of the colonized nations.
Such as?Accounts of Westerners about Japan pre European influence.
Odd conversation to have in a thread about South African migrants to Australia, but I absolutely disagree. Even though Japan was never colonized, they have had a ton of western influence and would absolutely not be anywhere near what they are without it.I think the fact that they were colonized made things much, much worse as evidenced by its tack record across Africa and the Middle East. These places likely would've been much better off had they not been colonized and were exposed to Western ideas overtime and on their own terms like Japan which had the luck to be separate from the imperial powers.
Sure I never denied that Western influence is in and of itself bad, I'm arguing when it comes through colonization its bad. Japan Westernized on its own terms for the sake of Japan, not at the end of a gun for the sake of a foreign power. That's the difference. Pretending like European powers did Africa a favor by plundering it and sowing the seeds of dysfunction and conflict through colonialism is laughable.Odd conversation to have in a thread about South African migrants to Australia, but I absolutely disagree. Even though Japan was never colonized, they have had a ton of western influence and would absolutely not be anywhere near what they are without it.
What does, have the means to move to the city mean in real terms though? If they are farmers and that is how they make their money, how are they going to farm in t he city? They wont be able to, thus they really don't have the means to move to the city. Not sure what the logic is with that.
Yeah but Rohingyas are Muslims and the Boers are white so its different.It means they are physically and financially capable of leaving their situation of risk, if they are willing to give up farming. Contrast that with the situation of the Rohingya, who are actively being ethnically cleansed, and for whom the only alternative is refugee camps in Bangladesh where they are still at risk.
Yet we certainly haven't heard anything from Dutton about fast tracking refugee applications from Burma. Unlike the Rohingya, the South African farmers haven't even made asylum applications to the UNHCR.
If they give up farming, they have no skills for any other work.It means they are physically and financially capable of leaving their situation of risk, if they are willing to give up farming. Contrast that with the situation of the Rohingya, who are actively being ethnically cleansed, and for whom the only alternative is refugee camps in Bangladesh where they are still at risk.
Yet we certainly haven't heard anything from Dutton about fast tracking refugee applications from Burma. Unlike the Rohingya, the South African farmers haven't even made asylum applications to the UNHCR.
Such as?
Btw, there are positive accounts of other cultures too such as Egypt like I mentioned earlier. Mehmed Ali and his regime were highly respected and where it wasn't was where it conflicted with the interests of Westerners(monopoly policies which deprived Western merchants, industrialization and protectionism which were unfavorable to European imports etc).
Wow. This forum has really degenerated @Kafir-kun into a full on white hater. 6 months ago there was a different Kafir running around here.
I don't think so. But after the billionth thread shitting on the dudes religion pops up in the next ten seconds, you gotta wonder how he actually keeps it as civil as he does.
Sure I never denied that Western influence is in and of itself bad, I'm arguing when it comes through colonization its bad. Japan Westernized on its own terms for the sake of Japan, not at the end of a gun for the sake of a foreign power. That's the difference. Pretending like European powers did Africa a favor by plundering it and sowing the seeds of dysfunction and conflict through colonialism is laughable.
I rarely ever take these style videos too seriously...but its becoming so transparent that the liberal movement is a white self hating movement. This is in Melbourne btw not in America and it seems the cultural marxism is officially a disease
Exactly how I feel about infanticide.Colonisation is simply Social Darwinism on an international scale. If you're too weak to resist being colonised, you don't deserve any sympathy.
Exactly how I feel about infanticide.