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The US was never as bad as it has been since 9/11, either, and is falling fast. Today's US is not a good picture of what it once was like. It was much freer, and people born right after WWII had huge opportunities. A 1970 college grad could go to any city and find a job, and afford an apartment. Minimum wage and a couple of roommates could make Manhattan rent.
But the Five Eyes are very worried about the non-Western world, that is clear, especially Russia, Serbia, etc. NATO isn't as solid as it was. The elites in NATO countries are tight with US/UK, maybe more than ever, but many people in France, Spain, Greece, and even Germany see through US/UK and want to cooperate with Russia.
There is literally no anti-Slavic prejudice in France. It was a breath of fresh air living there.
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@nickmaliha983 Oh, a lot of people do, actually, and did. Noam Chomsky and Tariq Ali come to mind first. Harold Pinter sure did, as did the entire editorial board of Le Monde diplomatique. Oskar Lafontaine, Alain Badiou, Jose Saramago come to mind as well. Danielle Mitterrand had serious qualms about it. The list is long.
I think Americans have trouble standing up in these sorts of situations not just because the average affluent person (with a supposedly good education) is not very well educated, but also because the US has a history of savage civil rights abuses and war crimes. Hence Americans are extra afraid of being accused of complicity, every time anything that could possibly smack of complicity in atrocities is concerned. And we do know atrocities were committed in the Balkans, especially by Serb irregulars in Bosnia.
Anything that requires nuanced thinking is avoided, for fear of being denounced. So, when affluent Americans get their marching orders, mooing and braying in unison is the norm.
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The divide-and-conquer is obvious: Some of these people will lose their homes to the BlackRocks of the world. Only some, so that the rest breathe a sigh of relief and turn away. Then those who think they're safe will see a series of other, seemingly disconnected things happen, like persistent problems with utilities, especially water, then tax issues that require paying a high-priced lawyer to fix, but it does get fixed, seemingly . . . Death by a thousand different, tiny cuts . . . Ultimately, they will be priced out. Oh well, "get a better job, . . . "
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@Octavus5 I don't see them as hardships. Why? Oh, the medical thing -- welcome to 2020. All's well that ends well.
There is nothing "morally wrong" with black people. Unless the same thing is wrong with everyone in France, Spain, UK, Germany, etc. There isn't a black problem in America, there is a white problem. See James Baldwin.
If virtue brings money, explain Uber, Facebook, Steve Jobs, Ghislaine Maxwell, Wall Street in toto, and the Veles kids. https://www.wired.com/2017/02/veles-macedonia-fake-news/
Maybe virtue used to bring money. Quaint. I liked that better, too.
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