I think the obsession with hard work only came much more recently in history. I’d say we can blame the North European Protestant work ethic for that one.

I skim read the article but I tried to look if the marriage is arranged although it did not mention it. Because I am thinking, if the man is not even attracted to the wife, why marry her? It is likely that their marriage was arranged.

Two reasons:

1. Internalised oppression. Because of European colonisation, white skin has been equated to beauty and higher status in former colonies.

2. However, even before European colonisation, fairer skin has always been seen as a status symbol. Fairer skin means someone wealthy enough not to work outside being exposed to the sun.

It is not one or the other explanation by the way, these two coalesced. But in some countries that were never colonised by Europeans, the answer for obsession with lighter skin is number 2.

Edit: I should also mention, Europeans used to be obsessed with light skin for the precise reason as number 2. European nobility powdered themselves white. The obsession with getting tanned only came much more recently, because getting tanned implies one can afford holidays and thus a sign of status symbol, at least in Europe.

This should be up voted more. These kinds of posts invoke circle jerking. I was struggling to think of examples of weird topics but you gave a more comprehensive list.

Mass surveillance through corporate means.

sigh

I won’t listen to the lived experience of any of those who suffered from communism because I want to act holier-than-thou.

I know. I came from a post-colonial/neocolonial country. But to treat all Western countries as monolith is utterly ridiculous. It is ironically being racist to dismiss white former colonies as neocolonialist like Poland, Ireland and Malta just because they arw white, isn’t? Frankly, the MLs patronise the global south as if they have no agency in the same way as neoliberal imperialists do. Ask Filipinos and Indians on what they think of CPP-NPA and Naxalites, respectively. MLs would actually get more respect and taken seriously if they aren’t being hypocritical like the neoliberals. ML is just another form of tyranny with a different mask.

And who were in Afghanistan before the US came?

Ask Filipinos and Indians what they think of CPP-NPA and Naxalite respectively.

You should ask yourself if your head is out of the sand to even actually get news from post-colonial people themselves disrupted by ML activities.

And I am sure that ML presence in former Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, Poland Slovenia, India, Afghanistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Ethiopia are not “extractive” for you.

“Of course not, they’re my crowd! It’s only bad if we’re not the ones doing it!”

You probably won’t see many Norwegians or Swedes in your country. You’re just racist.

Sure bud.

I am aware, but the countries i mentioned do not engage in neocolonialism/neoimperialism if that is what you are implying.

You must be new to dealing with MLs. Nothing “uncalled for” for calling out MLs that keep harping about social democratic countries having neocolonies, when literally these countries have none and some of these countries even used to be colonies.

Of course someone from .ml would repeat the same buzzwords without thought.

Ireland, Poland, Malta, Denmark, Austria, Finland, Sweden, Andorra, Luxembourg and Norway don’t have colonies. And the first three used to be colonies.

As a millennial, I feel great not being called old.

Glad to see that people distinguish socialism and communism.

Me neither. Taylor Swift is a beautiful girl but there is no “it” factor and the beauty is generic if you know what I mean. Like, you would acknowledge she is beautiful and know men will try to swoon her, but she got that “friend zone her” vibe as well. There are more attractive girls with higher sex appeal.

For you MTG, I’m gonna give you up

I’m gonna let you down

I want you to run around and desert me

You made me cry

I’m gonna say goodbye

You told a lie and hurt me

Meanwhile, Trump and co. offered asylum to white Afrikaners who aren’t even asking for one, while brown Palestinians who are being massacred are refused.

The mask is off.