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davyrudyp00
Yeh but there's a genocide of all white people in South Africa as we speak. I guess if you find that funny you will find this meme funny
Jusmar
It's ok, they're white
Sokonomi
People are always too busy flaying the slave owners to even bat an eye at the evil shits that captured and sold them in the first place.
shar24
Only a few countries can claim no form of slavery exists within their borders today. Historically, most nations had forms of slavery.
VoidofLostKnowledge
I think you'd be hard pressed to name a single country
mmiigg
Remember in 2019 when China put ppl in concentration camps?
Schlumpfi
Germany, seeing its the USAs turn
DerangedMagpie
Some middle Eastern powers still sell slaves
atomiccheesegod
What until you find out what innocent little Belgium did in Africa, or French slave colonies in Hati
YeahButIThinkIAteIt
Man, I hate the smell of propaganda in the morning. Funny what happens to this website when most Americans are asleep.
warhymn
Lets look a little deeper into the middle east.
TigerThong
its like america is held to a different standard as a leading world power.
pickinganameistoomuchpressure
It's because we walk around all around righteous doling out our morality like it's absolute, then we get pissed when someone calls us out
pickinganameistoomuchpressure
Other forms of government, religion, economy, military etc. Work and may work better, but we have the money and the guns so shut up world
LuminousExpanse
yes let's put China in charge instead
KleptoKea
It's not leading anymore. The EU, especially Germany, is looking after the world since USA flushed it's morality and honour down the toilet.
TigerThong
its still a world power/industrialized country. just cause the populace went full retard and put a conman in doesn't mean its 3rd world...
KleptoKea
I didn't say it's 3rd world. It's still a powerful country, but it is not considered leader of the free world anymore since a few years ago.
KleptoKea
If someone with a brain and a moral backbone can replace Trump in 2020 they will have some hard work to do, to regain the free world's trust
TigerThong
well accept for Alabama I guess
Chebacca
The truth of this hurts...i may or may not live there
udmurt
they said "A leading world power", not "THE leading power". Just because the balance has slightly shifted doesn't mean everything changed
KleptoKea
Things have changed though. Countries are making their own alliances and leaving USA out of them. It is not welcome among 1/
KleptoKea
the enlightened free nations as it used to be. You can thank Trump and his "base" and inactivity of his opposers for that. 2/2
udmurt
All good points. However, I do believe the US still has a huge cultural influence at least on Europe. People have always criticized US 1/?
udmurt
politics, but admired their culture (or at least part of it). Maybe you're right and we're seeing an actual shift in the global 2/?
GriffinMann41
I feel like we get more flak mostly because we claim that racism is over, or almost over, and that there's no widespread issues to fix
hungmung
In all fairness after Trump took over most people stopped believing that this was the case as the bigots are in the news every damn day.
pronoun
What the hell are you talking about? Race is all anyone talks about in the media and in Universities.
hoopsnek
The USA, lead by President Reagan, supported South Africa in apartheid.
GozerDerZerstorer
And FDR supported the Stalinist Soviet Union. Sometimes we choose to overlook our allies' shortcomings for strategic reasons.
Dionysianmasks
Source?
Chebacca
Come on imgur! Why the fuck are down voting folks for looking for sources?
hoopsnek
You have to ask? It's common knowledge to me. Even Nofx sing about it. https://foreignpolicy.com/2013/07/19/apartheid-amnesia/
hoopsnek
Ronnie and Mags ~Nofx https://youtu.be/K8FQTucDxi8
newsguycraigevans
Fucking Nofx. +1
Chebacca
Yeah, probably does have to ask cause schmaby they're not from the same country as you or continent, hemisphere, or state, maybe, just maybe
Chebacca
They're not aware of the specific political climate of your tiny little pocket of universe
hoopsnek
He is an American, asking an Australian about America.
Dionysianmasks
Thank you
CanadianWhatever
And residential schools in Canada ended around the same time...
shar24
That wasn’t slavery-that was assimilation
SydneySleeper
"You're not allowed to complain about any issues in your own country because it's worse somewhere else" is the dumbest things I've heard
shaunaaah
The difference is the US is always yelling about how they're the best. South Africa doesn't.
Chebacca
JAMBOOOOOOOOO
khannooniensings
What would South Africa be the best at? Being a terrible POS country?
Choreopithecus
Ahahaha have you ever met South Africans? One of the most proud nations I’ve ever met.
pronoun
Obviously the US has its problems, but the ironic thing is that the US is one of the most tolerant nations on the planet. 1
seldombeaton
Unless you are gay. Unless you want an abortion. Unless you don't have any healthcare. Unless you are in an over-crowded prison. Unless...
CondescendingCunt
*[citation needed]
pronoun
I can tell you haven't been to Asia.
CondescendingCunt
I used to live in Japan, learned the language since age 11 (fluent now), and I still frequently bounce back and forth between countries.
CondescendingCunt
(3) And I have close relatives and friends living in Hong Kong, Taiwan, the Philippines and what not; so there's plenty of reasons for me to
CondescendingCunt
(2) My parents speak Korean, spend a lot of time there and regularly drag the family over there. And my brother lives in Indonesia.
CondescendingCunt
(4) travel around the area. Not to mention that like seven former room mates were Hindu, a few of which I'm still in close contact with.
CondescendingCunt
(5/5) TL;DR: I've got acquaintances and friends all over the region and have travelled around there extensively.
pronoun
Than you should know that all of those countries you just mentioned are way more racist than the US. Either you're lying or just naive.
jmulderr
Hey man, show us a good SA anti-apartheid meme and I'll upvote it. Hell, I'll upvote this one!
cvc1228
And how is it we let the Dutch... and the Africans themselves, skate?
WickedSerpent
The amount of slaves since the Western powers banned slavery has only gone up, there are mora slaves today than any time period.
tofumuncher
Apartheid is alive and well in Palestine.
nopost
No, it isn't, and the fact that you think it is clearly demonstrates a complete lack of education regarding the conflict and the issues
abolt08319
I'm always hearing about soccer fans not in the U.S. being warned for chanting racist slurs at their games....racism is everywhere
Brocktooon
TheInfamousMaze
Is that the female version of Gary Busey?
Yuri5
Just because you found somebody worse than you does not excuse what you did.
rohira
The difference is "did". In places such as south Africa, Africa, the Middle East, and what not still do it. Currently.
Vbfa
And what pristine saintly utopia are you from?
yellowmemes
Just raising awareness, some people don't even know what south Africa is
glaug
It's where those weird aliens landed, duh
KingKrown
Do you think it's because most people don't care about countries they don't live in?
JapAnus
It's a province in Canada, right?
nosauce4u
I’m not versed on this in other places by any means but I think the thing with the USA has a lot to do with what it set out to be
Olvarel
The main issue with USA is the constant bragging about how righteous you are and imposing your ideology everywhere with bombs.
puddin151
DickDastardly404
Boy the UK is fucked right now but it’s nowhere near as fucked as the US and you are fully aware of that.
ButterfaceTaintClown
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2015/12/16/jokes-on-us-american-teeth-are-as-bad-as-british-teeth-study-says/?utm_term
tyrunn
JesusFischer
Does he shit in his hands and clap?
SydneySleeper
You mean that one that was overturned? Or that one where it turned out they'd been stalking and harassing the woman for months? Stop lying
WorthEveryPenny
Or maybe they're referring to that guy who paid a 500 dollar fine, no jail time, but alt right like to pretend he was executed or some shit
rv6502
Or for hiding their faces. https://metro.co.uk/2019/05/16/moment-man-fined-90-hiding-face-police-facial-recognition-cameras-9571463/
otiumCatulli
At least litter pickers don't get eight guns in their face for doing their job
Textuality
Or the police showing up at your house for liking a post on facebook.
WulfMaster
Wow. I had to double check I wasn’t reading The Onion.
RackhamTheRed
The guy was arrested for insulting the police or something, but yeah, it was in connection with that camera stuff
LuminousExpanse
that country is turning into a goddamn police state
otiumCatulli
It's not. Don't worry.
xKaraKx
This is the equivalent of being arrested for resisting arrest
FractalPrism
oi! you got cha resisting arrest loicense?
rv6502
Also for trash bag in a van: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/08/02/roofer-fined-300-carrying-sandwich-wrappers-crisp-packets-van/
TwoUp
I'd rather be jailed by the police than shot in the streets for no reason ....seems that happens a lot these days
HammyHog
Dank just made another video like yesterday where he trained his new pug Bronson to react to him saying leftist stuff like "fuck the police"
berlinson
I’m a Brit and I’m under no illusions, Britain and the US are both equal laughing stocks thanks to Brexit / Trump.
Xaxxus
I mean, you guys managed to get rid of your idiot in charge. USA not so much.
trollprozac
RedRiotUnbreakable
Brexit? No, making jokes and tweets illegal and criminal offences? Yes.
jharasym
Tories* and Trump. Trace a lot of our retarded laws and it's pretty much always stemming from when the tories are in power.
spengler
It's not just the Brexit why nobody takes your island of monkeys serious.
berlinson
Oh rlly? Then it must be our centuries of democracy, or producing the greatest music the world has ever heard, or our invention of the WWW..
spengler
You have a license to be this sassy, right?
justaguydoingathing
Shall we forget about Mauritania, where it's estimated that 17% of their population are slaves...as of 2015
JohnMagneTrane
Yes we shall. Wrong kind of people. Stay Political Correct. Never mind the slaves.
garbageboye
When you google a country and the first result is [country] slavery, that's maybe not a great sign
Irishda
Up to 17%. Others are as low as 1%
Blellushka
It's true, I used to work there, one of my colleagues was a technical slave. He was employed, but "owned" by a family.
pancreas
also, here's a fun story from thailand![]()
LuminousExpanse
the fucking news in the US i swear. god dammit
SFMGifs
... come again?
LuminousExpanse
i follow the news pretty closely and I have not heard of this at all. that being said, i'll admit i came from the position of "oh, I know /
LuminousExpanse
SO MUCH so since i haven't heard of this it's the news' fault." derp.
ChronicD
There are more people in slavery now than there ever was 100-300 years ago. Sad, but true.
redape
Because the world's population grew exponentially. So no shit Sherlock
ChronicD
Let's just ignore the fact that slavery shouldn't exist. Yeah, you hit the nail right on the head. Grats! Excellent work!
IamDickDix
And don't forget about russia (ussr) in 20-th century.
MoldyKumquat
And then there's Bernie who wants us to pay reparations here in the US instead of helping free slaves in other countries...
rv6502
+Paid in major by the descendents of work class people who never owned slave, got shafted by slavery (huge loss of jobs) & fought to stop it
garbageboye
"Okay, I get you were enslaved and all, but I suffered too! Think of all the jobs my people lost!"
glaug
It's almost like one class of people was specifically targeted for economic disenfranchisement for centuries
WaitingonCoffee
Oof. Learn yer history there bub. There's a ton-ah truth just completely missin' from that there statement.
WaitingonCoffee
Like, fer instance: Asians, Mexicans, Native ummm...forget the next part, Irish, Finish, Polish, Greek, etc. All through them US-o-A histora
RiverBear
Holy crap! I just googled it, it is a huge African country that I have literally never heard of.
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ALargeAgglomerationOfAtomsSuperficiallyResemblingAUser
As an Australian I can happily say I don't know the names and locations of every random African country either.
RiverBear
Oh boi am I about to be condescended to on the internet!? This will be a fun novel experience, please proceed.
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RiverBear
I assumed u were going to follow it up with something intelligent, about Mauritania maybe. There I go again setting the bar too high, whoops
yellowmemes
I actually didn't know this
TanzanianGermanGuy
Me neither. So is there like an outlet store or do you need to know a guy? Asking for a friend...
DoNotTakeSeriousPls
As a slave in Mauritania, can confirm
OppoQuinn
Username checks out.
bippityboppitybuttsex
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_Mauritania
rv6502
+1. I love this part: "suggests manipulation by the West, an act of enmity toward Islam, or influence from the worldwide Jewish conspiracy."
yesyoucancancan
It's always the Jews or the Muslims. Or the musjews.
bippityboppitybuttsex
They have their own Alex Jones
justaguydoingathing
I came across it when looking up when slavery was outlawed globally to make a point about how no american has ever been a slave in america
scotjam
If true, that's probably because slaves were denied the right to citizenship. I'd be surprised if illegal slavery didn't include US citizens
justaguydoingathing
now we are talking about the actions of criminals.which is a step we DONT want to take.
rv6502
We really need to shift the focus from something that happened (past tense: GTFOI) in the USA to where it's happening right fucking now.
AngryVexillology
Slavery is still happening in the US, it's just not legal anymore. There's an estimated 400,000 slaves in the US today.
Gayforbae
I assume you're not talking about consensual slaves....
rv6502
I do believe you. I'd also like to know details: where, who, and how so we can address it.
justaguydoingathing
while there were likely slaves attending Elizabeth II coronation.
Dionysianmasks
From where? Slavery had been eliminated by serfdom in England since William the conqueror
justaguydoingathing
slaves of guests attending the coronation, not slaves within england proper. i would be more clear, but 144 characters
BuickRiviera
The British Empire didn’t outlaw slavery until the 1830s.
UserSubHunterOfIndeterminateGender
Chattel slavery of Africans definitely existed in England. English merchants were the primary participants in the Atlantic slave trade
BuickRiviera
Yeah but the legacy of it is still visible. 1865 was yesterday for those who take a long view of history.
CaptainKarver
Have you considered that those people need to get over it already? Like, c'mon, neither you nor anyone you know was alive back then.
jokerlives
'...even if I wasn't picking cotton physically That don't mean I'm not affected by the history...'
rv6502
America got its slaves from Africa because there was already a well established slave industry there. And it hasn't changed much.
rv6502
How bout we focus on slavery that's still happening right now rather than shit on a country whose working class fought & died to stop it.
DatDarthCaedus
The United States still has slavery in prisons under the 13th amendment of the constitution. It's not like it ever stopped.
RandomUserC137
Pls don’t downvote actual facts.
Cuckoldcameraman
Less than 1% of the south owned slaves and convinced the bottom 99% to die to protect it. Sounds like the 1% now to me
rv6502
+ convinced/conscripted/forced the 99%, none of which (the 99%) were protecting slavery ( = losing jobs) but rather their homes/land.
rv6502
+ And the 1% today still want the 99% to fight & hate each other over shit the 1% did by using media to constantly race-bait people.
ThatWillBuffOut
It's sad how many upvotes this nonsense has.
Funfuhrer
That's not true. It was closer to 33%. http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=2&psid=3557
Lavie154
Literally learning the civil war rn. Over 30% of southerners were slave owners. The rest benefited from the skyrocketing economy.
Averien
By the time of the Civil War, the South absolutely did *not* have a skyrocketing economy. It did in the earlier days of America, 1/
Averien
but the South on the whole was on a decline compared to the industrialized North. Which was such a huge part of why they were afraid.
Lavie154
That’s true. There’s only so much I can fit in 140 characters.
RackhamTheRed
So... you're saying having slaves is good for the economy?
missingdodo
Just imagine. Having a workforce you don't need to pay. Every capitalists dream, no?
AngryVexillology
Typical Lost Cause revisionist history bullshit. The state that started the war (South Carolina) had 46% of the population owning slaves.
RackhamTheRed
Whouldn't that mean every houshold had at least one?
Averien
46% of the households owned slaves, not 46% of the white individuals.
AngryVexillology
No. It meant 46% of the SC population owned slaves.
JesusFischer
So.. how’s S.A. been doing since good ole ‘94?
BlueEyedDominus
By almost every metric, worse. Real income has dropped even among blacks; the economy is stagnant, and epidemic disease rampant.
YeahButIThinkIAteIt
The economy has been stagnant since Apartheid ended? You sure about that?
YeahButIThinkIAteIt
And here's some health numbers. Not sure where you're getting your ideas from but they are way off.
LosPer
A pile of shit...thanks to the ANC...
YeahButIThinkIAteIt
It's interesting to me how some people are just buying into the replies to JesusFischer, even though those replies offer no hard evidence.
JesusFischer
Where I work we have a chapel and many chaplains. Once I was in there leading a project and an you female intern was in there talking to
JesusFischer
Head priest guy about it. He was asking her experience of there since... she just moved to the US from there. He literally teared up
JesusFischer
While telling of the things going on over there. The chaplain was curious because he was an older black man and had hoped to hear what
JesusFischer
What he’s heard was at most, an exaggeration. What blew her mind, for her, was the irrelevance of it, news wise, here in the US.
YeahButIThinkIAteIt
Anecdotal evidence of anecdotal evidence is not proof. People lie for sympathy points. People lie to get money. I never trust anecdotal -
YeahButIThinkIAteIt
evidence because people are notoriously faulty narrators, always biased towards themselves over the facts. That doesn't mean I won't -
YeahButIThinkIAteIt
empathize with a person in the moment. But I'm not going to rely on it as gospel.
lettersandnumbers808
They literally sell human flesh as food..... so not that great
ImaFungiPeopleLichenMe
Hahahaha. Where did you hear that BS?
BronzeLeaguePro
Gone straight to fucking hell. They're currently voting over whether or not to genocide the whites who gave them power.
rv6502
Better right now than how they'll be once they finish killing off a good chunk of their farmers and start starving to death.
Irishda
The farms were seized by whites in 1991. Even if what you said is true, it's not like they forgot how to farm in almost 30 years
FabulousFire
Say that to Zimbabwe. https://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/26/world/after-zimbabwe-s-land-revolution-new-farmers-struggle-and-starve.html
Irishda
Zimbabwe farms were seized a LOT longer ago when it was still Rhodesia
YeahButIThinkIAteIt
The fights over farm properties has been an ongoing issue in South Africa from well before Apartheid ended.
YeahButIThinkIAteIt
https://africacheck.org/factsheets/factsheet-statistics-farm-attacks-murders-sa/ There's a nice set of tables here showing that, in fact, -
YeahButIThinkIAteIt
the numbers of murders have gone down in relation to farming related violence. There were only 70 murders in 2018.
RhasKage
Bullshit, nobody is killing anyone. The land reform thing is still in the pipelines and no violence has occurred.
YeahButIThinkIAteIt
Don't you dare interrupt the overnight flooding of this website by alt-right propagandists! How dare you interfere with their narrative! -
YeahButIThinkIAteIt
Sorry you're getting downvoted to hell. This site gets overrun in the middle of the night by this shit. So weird how that happens. Most -
YeahButIThinkIAteIt
Americans are sleeping right now. So, who are these folks? Very curious.
CompelledCynic
So fucking true.
Metallica93
I'm assuming the farmers are white and have possibly done nothing that would warrant death by mob? Or was there provocation?
Irishda
Well 90% of the farmland is owned by whites siezed from natives in 1991
Imadefetchhappen
They're white and own land, which makes people angry, since they want black people to own land.
YeahButIThinkIAteIt
South Africa has been fighting over farmland for a long time. Since well before Apartheid ended. Dont believe everything Laura Southern says
Imadefetchhappen
The violence has been overplayed by the whites down there since they want America's republicans to get behind them, so i'm with you there
Metallica93
Is the government demanding white farmers give land to black owners, then?
scpclrtz515
Yes, to give back land that was forcibly stripped from black farmers during apartheid
pancreas
white farmers have been actively trying to leave. canada wouldn't accept them with refugee status, but Russia took some in.
Imadefetchhappen
Not demanding, confiscating with no compensation. Whites down there have overplayed the violence, but they should still be compensated
flarflarf
The US gets a lot of shit for racism, and a lot of it is deserved, but honestly compared to most places we're doin pretty well.
SarahTree
I look on how racism in soccer is different across the world
HezBalla
Doing pretty shouldn't cut it for a self-proclaimed world leader. What argument is this?
Ryanator50
well I suppose 3rd world countries do technically count as "most places"
flarflarf
Don't have to go to the 3rd world. Just check out Japan, Singapore, or Italy.
flarflarf
Never been personally, but Australia & Britain don't sound great either. I've heard people there say shit that would stop an American dead
flarflarf
in their tracks. That American might secretly agree, but they know better than to actually say it.
lewdfionastuff
Your not wrong, talking shit about aboriginals and Indians is pretty widespread and not controversial.
meganical
Would’ve thought the same but then one of the biggest outspoken racists ever was elected as president, so I guess most citizens are racist
RandomUserC137
Says a person who has no grasp of the ‘electoral college’. The ‘other side’ won the popular vote by over 3 million. And > 100M didn’t vote.
flarflarf
I have some really bad news for you about world leaders around the globe.
BESTtaylorINAUSTRALIA
Sorry Mate, democracy isn't used in it proper way in the US, the buggered that up too.
TheManInTheWall
You are correct but that doesnt make the USA any better. If you have a racism problem, then u have a racism problem regardless on if other
TheManInTheWall
Countries have them too. Obviously, all these countries should make an effort to reduce it and the USA is in a better position than some
TheManInTheWall
Other countries in order to do so
berlinson
Which places are you comparing your country to? Saudi? Belarus? Russia?
flarflarf
japan, malaysia, russia and italy are the ones that spring to mind. Probably Australia too I guess.
pronoun
Literally any country in Asia.
thisismynamehere
Literally, no.
Textuality
As an Asian, yes. Many, many Asian people are extremely racist, particularly against other Asians.
pronoun
Wow. You should travel. I guarantee you'll change your perspective.
AspieGamer
How about China and Russia, two of the most influential countries in the world?
berlinson
1/2 Those countries are influential, and they have among the worst human rights records in the world. But sure, if you want to set the bar
berlinson
2/2 that low, go ahead.
JapAnus
Russia's got problems fo sho but I don't think racism is one
flarflarf
i think they have so many problems that moderate racism doesn't break into the top 10.
berlinson
Russia isn’t racist? Sure about that? Check out their attitudes to Asians from former Soviet states, those people get murdered regularly.
WaitingonCoffee
US just has more widespread media is all. We gets more o that lovely exposhure
needanamedammit
that's what happens when the media doesn't normally get imprisoned or disappeared for going against the state.
Metallica93
The 24-hour news cycle and social media have been two of the biggest detriments to facts in the past 15 years, easily.