Comments by "DeoMachina" (@DeoMachina) on "What does it mean to be a citizen of the world? | Hugh Evans" video.

  1. +hughtub All the people who whine about preserving their "culture" and "race", never actually do anything to preserve either. Your great-grandfather has nothing in common with you and his understanding of culture and race is wholly unlike yours. Both things are ever-changing, but some people think it's been the same for 1000 years.
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  2. +Cobb Crime in my country is falling, while immigration is increasing. How do you explain that? There is more than one way to define 'tribe', it does not have to mean nationality. My own country is a composite of three races, and each of those countries is a composite of a multitude of races and cultures spanning back 2000 years. Today? None of us can tell the differences between ourselves anymore. I think the fact that we have changed things so much in the past proves that we can continue changing things.
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  3. john smith By this logic, are natives who choose to not follow the culture of their nation a problem?  If I stop doing things the way other people in my country do them, am I breaking down society?
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  4. john smith No, you're wrong.  There are a lot of ghettos with a very nationalist population. It's true that some immigrant populations are relegated to ghettos and they do not become nationalist, but this is beside the point.  If a nation chooses to make new citizens second-class purely because they are foreign, the nation does not deserve nationalist support from that demographic.  And in 100% of incidences, that is exactly what happens. Every single time, it's only when a minority is persecuted that they dislike their country.  There's a clear case of cause and effect here, I don't think I need to explain it further.
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  5. john smith There are ghettos even in homogenous countries, so you are clearly wrong about that too. Generally speaking immigrants do a good job of integrating, provided that they are not targeted/blamed etc.  Why would somebody integrate with neighbours who hated them? Immigrants should be entitled to the same things as every other citizen, I mean if the law applies to everybody, then why shouldn't it?
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  6. john smith One example?  How about two? Glasgow.  Warsaw.  Before immigration was even widespread, these places had these issues. Also you asked for examples of ghettos that were as wealthy as everybody else, but you know that is an oxymoron.  Don't think this dishonesty went unnoticed. There is no such thing as a "burden of adjustment", there is only the law.  And it is against the law to assault or vandalise regardless of who you are targeting. The productivity of immigrants has been proven time and time again, because moving to a better country is such a massive oppurtunity to them, they arrive incentivised to work harder than everybody else. Unless you're suggesting that each individual claiming benefits must pass some sort of test (?) to be allowed benefits?
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  7. Cobb You have no evidence that Arabic, African or Islamic people do not work hard, that is something you made up.  Isn't it a little hypocritical to act so lazy in your thinking then chastise others for not working? "Integration is hard" doesn't justify making it harder for people.
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  8. Cobb The "one dataset" referred to your own experience, you don't get to pretend I meant something else then refer to me as a moron. This is youtube, everybody reading this knew from the start that if you had evidence, it would have been the first thing you posted. This IS your last reply, because your failure to even provoke me with your diluted insults means you cannot even figure out where to go from here.
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  9. Cobb Instead of admitting that you are a liar, you simply double down on the lie.  Provide said evidence if you have it. You also have no data concerning my level of intelligence, or even a criterion for "moron", which makes you the opposite of objective.
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  10. Cobb You have refused for the third time to provide any evidence supporting any of those claims. If I didn't assume this wasn't because you didn't have any, I really would be a moron. "It's obvious if you are in Europe" Sorry, but I'd have to be a moron to base my entire worldview on a dataset of one.
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