how the FUCK is any european gonna fix their mouth talk shit about america when all over the continent african girls r being trafficked, rates of islamphobic, antisemitic, n anti-romani violence are increasing, AND motherfuckers are walkin around blatantly proud of their disgusting colonial legacy. I legit don’t understand like if you don’t get it together lmao
tbh a lot of us who criticise america are also criticising our own countries.
but even if we europeans are in part responsible for all this shit, America went and made itself such an international power - economically, politically, miritarily and culturally - that guess what? your country’s bad decisions affect us (and less lucky countries) in a way you’ll never be affected by ours’. and we have zero power over what happens in the US; even the fucking UN has no power over the US. so let us be bitter at your bullshit as well as ours.
The United States isn’t my country. I’m a Ghanaian Canadian so it goes without saying that I have a damn good reason to hold a lot of ire towards Europe.
You saying that America went and established itself as a hegemonic power is an oversimplification of the fact that that power came from centuries of slavery, genocide, economic exploitation, and other iterations of racial terror and white supremacy. And Europe, through colonialism and imperialism, gave America the tools it needed to do so. And that’s the main reason I made this post: diasporic groups such as Africans, Jewish people, Latinx, as well as Indigenous peoples are connected by this tradition of oppression regardless of their global location. That’s why it upsets me when I see people having a good old chuckle over school shootings and forced deportations; if you’re displaying a lack of empathy towards one manifestation of white supremacy, how am I to know you’ll show any care to the issues in your own countries? I never said anything about power or organisation. I just fail to see how valid critique could come from mocking issues that are deeply painful and terrifying for the people forced to live under such circumstances.
Europeans are acting like they a completely powerless to big strong America and it’s like…y’all clearly don’t read or watch the news because while America is def a hegemonic global power countries like France, Germany, UK, aren’t delicate powerless people repenting for their colonial sins. Many European countries and the EU have immense global power that effects people in the global south. Like it’s ridiclous to act as if America legitimately runs the world. I know us exceptionist propaganda wants to make y’all think that but it’s an easy lie to believe to obscure any European power and exploitation.
as you get older, you realize that you’re not always right and there’s so many things you could’ve handled better, so many situations where you could’ve been kinder and all you can really do is forgive yourself and let your mistakes make you a better person.
things to remember:
short responses or no responses are usually due to low mood and intolerance for socializing. not because they hate you and would rather you disappear.