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pupbiru@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

i care about people… countries are a construct that we created, and often we use them as a bludgeon to make ourselves feel superior

you’re not superior to an eastern european fleeing russian aggression

you’re not superior to a mexican fleeing gang violence

you’re not superior to an african fleeing civil war

you’re not superior to a palestinian fleeing bombing

these people are all people. the fact that you live in a country where you do is luck; not superiority

heck, immigrants are what FORM local culture… without infusions of new ideas, culture stagnates

mexican immigration brought us tex mex; italian immigration brought us pizza… there are countless examples of how immigration has formed the local culture of a country. in the colonial world, outside of europe, we are entirely built from the culture of immigrants

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