• MataVatnik@lemmy.world
    613·
    3 months ago

    This is more apt than the russian version of this meme because Israel literally builds wall bubbles like this in the west bank

    • chiliedogg@lemmy.world
      36·
      3 months ago

      Worse than the settlements are the fenced roads going to the settlements.

      They build a settlement 20 miles from you but the road crosses your land? Well now you’ve got to travel 40 miles to get to the other side of your field 100 yards away.

      What’s that? They built another settlement on the other side of your land, and then built a road between the 2 settlements? Now you’re surrounded by roads with fences you can’t cross.

    • Vedlt@lemmy.world
      15·
      3 months ago

      As far as I can tell from a cursory Google search is the original said “Russian neighbors”

    • GarbageShootAlt2@lemmy.ml
      34·
      3 months ago

      Generally, the people posting this sort of thing also support land back or some variant of it, and will be on the side of the indigenous population in any dispute with western colonizers.

            • HottieAutie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
              2·
              3 months ago

              I can understand when the topic is comparison, but my experience is that it seems that more often than not, the comparison is made even when not part of the topic. It could be some horrible news of a tragedy that occurred in the US, and rather than discuss the matter at hand, the comments are about how Europe is better. Of course they don’t do that with other countries like Brazil, India, or Mexico. That’s the point of the comment: to point out how ridiculous it would be, especially when a lot of the issues in those countries could be traced back to European colonization. But, since the US is a powerhouse with GDP, military, media, and global political power, everyone thinks it’s okay to shit on it. I’d like to point out that the GDP stays at the top. Arguably, the quality of life of the average EU resident is better than the average American resident. Y’all tell us everyday with your medical systems and healthcare access, workers rights, time off, gun control, etc.

              If American culture constantly has a delusional state of superiority, then why are the comments on Lemmy about how the EU is superior? Let’s compare the number of comments on Lemmy in which Americans state or imply their superiority to Europe with vice versa. I bet that ratio will easily surpass 1:10. And the American one will more likely than not be downvoted to hell. Yeah, there are Americans and American media that are delusional about their superiority, but that is not the case with Lemmy users. In general, those are conservatives/Republicans and some moderates. Europe has those clowns too. American users on Lemmy tend to be quite left, desire strong leftist policies, and acknowledge the reality of the situation while being humble af, yet they are the ones that have to read all the shit talking about Americans every day on here. It’s annoying af; that’s all.

              edit: Btw, despite that everyone may disagree with me, justifiably or not, I appreciate the opportunity to have this discussion.

    • UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.mlEnglish
      284·
      3 months ago

      Let the native americans have it back. I bet they’d do a better job then republicans and democrats.

    • undergroundoverground@lemmy.world
      223·
      3 months ago

      Yeah, I wouldn’t be able to defend Israels actions either. So, I’d would have to resort to deflections and cheap whataboutery like you too.

    • nexguy@lemmy.world
      91·
      3 months ago

      You mean Europeans. They took the continents of Noth and South America from the natives.

      • undergroundoverground@lemmy.world
        38·
        3 months ago

        …they then left and a whole different bunch of white people turned up to live in the land that had been recently been stolen from the indigenous Americans.

        You’d have thought that the indigenous Americans would have tried to take their land back in the time between the Europeans leaving and the Americans turning up but I guess not.

      • Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world
        511·
        3 months ago

        Yup. You guys haven’t stopped colonizing. Neo colonies are a thing even if you don’t like to admit it. It’s funny you don’t want me to judge you by the atrocities of your ancestors, yet you guys still treat my people like savages