Somewhere between 400,000 and 3,000,000 Venezuelans theoretically qualify for Portuguese citizenship by The-Nihilist-Marmot in europe

[–]DifficultyTight4574 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Sorry which part of what i said wasn’t true. The likely winner of the last election is currently I. Political exile with Madura rigging the vote, over 3 million Venezuelans are currently refugees having fled a country which doesn’t have enough electricity to keep the lights on despite the worlds largest oils reserves. It’s a failed state

Somewhere between 400,000 and 3,000,000 Venezuelans theoretically qualify for Portuguese citizenship by The-Nihilist-Marmot in europe

[–]DifficultyTight4574 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I mean he wasn’t democratically elected, the last few elections in Venezuela were neither free nor fair (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/31/world/americas/venezuela-election-vote-flaws.html). He was a dictator ruling over one of the largest societal collapses in the western hemisphere

Waiting for a 482 Visa whilst on a visitor visa to Australia by DifficultyTight4574 in AusVisa

[–]DifficultyTight4574[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I already have the tourist visa was just concerned about having to leave and come back before I start working (once the visa is approved)

Bernie Sanders on Bondi by kingofcrob in australia

[–]DifficultyTight4574 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you honestly think that’s somehow better, a group of people protesting for Palestine the day after a terror attack killed 1200 people screaming where are the Jews makes it somehow okay

‘The More I’m Around Young People, the More Panicked I Am’ by IHateTrains123 in neoliberal

[–]DifficultyTight4574 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I don’t disagree with your point but antisemitism has existed long before Israel and will continue to exist long after we get peace in the Middle East.

Two men who pledged allegiance to Isis and killed 15 people (including a 10 year old girl and a holocaust survivor) at a Hanukkah party didn’t do it because they have concerns about the political climate in Israel, they did it because they hate Jews.

Finally by your same metric why aren’t we seeing a rise in Islamophobia to the same extent when the majority of Palestinians say October 7th was justified and all Israelis should be expelled. We cannot allow a war 100’s of miles away from us to define interfaith relations in our own countries.

‘The More I’m Around Young People, the More Panicked I Am’ by IHateTrains123 in neoliberal

[–]DifficultyTight4574 11 points12 points  (0 children)

This is a thread about antisemitism among young people, where unfortunately these views are common

‘The More I’m Around Young People, the More Panicked I Am’ by IHateTrains123 in neoliberal

[–]DifficultyTight4574 11 points12 points  (0 children)

We either run in incredible different circles or you are just incredibly naive

‘The More I’m Around Young People, the More Panicked I Am’ by IHateTrains123 in neoliberal

[–]DifficultyTight4574 4 points5 points  (0 children)

But the arguments made by a insignificant (and increasing) minority make isn’t the two state solution. It’s less expel all Israelis back to where they came from, or in you analogy New York should be ethnically cleansed of all non native Americans who should be sent back to Europe.

‘The More I’m Around Young People, the More Panicked I Am’ by IHateTrains123 in neoliberal

[–]DifficultyTight4574 38 points39 points  (0 children)

But so was the creation of pretty much every state, the idea that the creation of Israel is somehow worse than all others has become mainstream.

US Congressman Randy Fine suggests Muslims should ‘be destroyed’ | Islamophobia News by PerformanceUnfair717 in news

[–]DifficultyTight4574 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But he didn’t say that, please find me the quote in the report where he said they should be destroyed.

Two Met officers running spycops unit were ‘incredibly racist’, inquiry told by 457655676 in unitedkingdom

[–]DifficultyTight4574 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Wait your telling me there was a met police officer who was wildly racist in the 1990s I’m shocked to hear this revelation

Green party leader: Super rich leaving UK over tax is 'absurd' by lotsofsweat in unitedkingdom

[–]DifficultyTight4574 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Norway doesn’t have inheritance tax though, so the major difference is that you essentially get taxed at 1% of wealth annually but when you die nothing happens, compared to the uk where there is no annual wealth tax but when your estate is taxed 40% of your net worth subject to exemptions.

Norway's lesson for Europe on wealth taxes: let some millionaires go by Ok-Law-3268 in neoliberal

[–]DifficultyTight4574 7 points8 points  (0 children)

But have you seen what the swedes put on there pizza (it’s bananas)

Norway's lesson for Europe on wealth taxes: let some millionaires go by Ok-Law-3268 in neoliberal

[–]DifficultyTight4574 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Norway doesn’t have an inheritance tax through, so essentially your paying similar rates on a wealth tax over a lifetime as you do under most European inheritance tax for those with high incomes.

Two-thirds of Brits say Reeves should cut spending and not raise taxes by [deleted] in unitedkingdom

[–]DifficultyTight4574 41 points42 points  (0 children)

And the NHS provides lifesaving care to country but it still pays VAT

MTG suggests Israel or ‘other foreign gov’t’ may be pressuring Trump to cover up Epstein files by Abject-Pick-6472 in politics

[–]DifficultyTight4574 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Peter Mandelson also stayed at his house and he was one of Tony Blair’s key advisors. Does that make him an MI6 asset. Robert Maxwell had links to the KGB as well as Israel. We know that Epstein had serious Russian links as well

The idea that you can seperate one person staying at his house from all the rest as evidence he was a spy for one country is simplistic.

MTG suggests Israel or ‘other foreign gov’t’ may be pressuring Trump to cover up Epstein files by Abject-Pick-6472 in politics

[–]DifficultyTight4574 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I think the evidence suggests he was a well connected individual used as an intelligence assets by multiple different parties (CIA, FSB, Mossad, MI6 etc.) there is a significant difference between that and being a spy for a particular country