If you’re a Syrian refugee you definitely have the choice of going to Turkey rather than all the long way to the Netherlands…

Westerners can be so fucking weird. Some of these people would rather let teenage girls get beaten to death than risk compromising their own white saviour complex and need to feel tolerant. My family was Muslim and I’ve been told, by the whitest of the white, that I’m racist for saying something against Islam because “cultures must be respected”. I am racist against my own people? Oh my… then, of course, there’s the other Westerners who believe I obviously have four wives and trade in camels even when I claim not to be religious…

And nobody even knows if the US administration would get involved in it. All depends on Orange’s mood on the day and whether his friends call him to “tell him good things”

Big ups to you! No “skin in the game” but taking the right side. Disappointed in my own government. Luckily basically every regular person I’ve ever spoken with about it agrees with the take… Just the state…

I love how Orwell - being so iconic today - had to be described as “Author of ‘The Road to Wigan Pier’ etc”

Yea, Orthodox Jews have total exemption from joining the armed forces. If you really don’t want to murder children and steal land, go study the Talmud. No excuse.

Absolutely! It’s in the choice. You consciously choose to be part of the IDF, you aren’t born into it, and thus it’s not a hateful statement. You know, except for BBC weaklings

Don’t forget the millions of Poles

I don’t think birthright citizenship qualifies as a “human right” - most countries that (officially) care more about “human rights” than USA does doesn’t have that. Whether it should be removed or not is not for me to say, however. It’s a switch away from what it has genuinely mesnt to be an American.

Not having birthright citizenship doesn’t (necesarilly) mean the newborn wouldn’t have any citizenship at all

You didn’t know that Scandinavia has monarchies?

This dude isn’t the crown Prince though, or even a royal

Do you mean Greenland or did they do some deal with Iceland?

Because generally speaking they aren’t that hit. Sweden, for example, removed its wealth and inheritance tax reeal fast once it was introduced in the 90s.

Norway introduced such measures with their current government and suddenly you have a ton of wealthy Norwegians finding their way to Switzerland. So yes, you do see it happening, and the more you’ll increase it the more likely they are to move and take their resources with them. I’m not arguing that we shouldn’t gax the rich, of course, but that it needs to be globally coordinated (which it will never be)

It’s sad because it does have to be a global movement. If my country decides to heavily increase taxes on the wealthy - as should be done - this is exactly what happens because they can just easily move to Switzerland or Monaco, or some other tax haven, and laugh us right in the face. It’s the genius of capitalism

It’s insane how much music, art, theatre, television etc still comes out of the UK, and how little they’ve capitalised on it - letting the Americans take all the initiative.

I’m (relatively) happy with Deutsche Welle (dw.com) and France24 as well

I usually use Deutsche Welle actually. Generally happy with it! Also available in English, of course

Definitely seen south Italians darker than me 😂 but coupled with “exotic looks” and the ability to actually tan it’s definitely plenty to produce the “terrorist look” and stand out in Scandinavia

You know the price is naturally higher when materials are ethically sourced, right? That’s kinda how it works…

Which owes to how gigantic the Chinese market is. They now have a 5% market share for new cars in Europe - which this article is about. It doesn’t matter if they top global sales just because there are so many Chinese buyers

Brand recognition is important, but it’s a dangerous game operating mostly on government subsidies. Once you have established low prices it’s hard to reverse it