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2018-12-02 Europe

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Posted by Besoeker 2018-12-02 01:08|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1783 views ] Top

1 Hipster colonialism is the Californistas taking down other states via migration.

Posted by Procopius2k 2018-12-02 07:16|| 2018-12-02 07:16|| Front Page Top

2 Hipster colonialism is the Californistas taking down other states via migration.

Yes, if you cannot change the man's mind, then simply change the man. Not a new technique, but still quite effective.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-12-02 07:20|| 2018-12-02 07:20|| Front Page Top

3 SHort version: move the wogs out of the way so we can run a civilized area.

Posted by Injun Bucket8891 2018-12-02 12:48|| 2018-12-02 12:48|| Front Page Top

4 "lease land" : no more than usual problems
"build" : no more than usual problems
"and run cities" : you have to replace or overpower the government.

Even if you bring cornucopias of free goodies, the local government wants control. Agreements and deals won't last a month.

And the "great white fathers'" benign intentions won't last long either. NGOs are notorious--only the religious ones seem to maintain their good intentions, and not even all of them.

Posted by james 2018-12-02 14:25|| http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com 2018-12-02 14:25|| Front Page Top

5 Actually, a serious economic problem with Africa is that once a hardworking, clever, or simply ruthless African makes some serious cash, the move it offshore to a tax haven, rather than investing it back in Africa. While I can understand this from a individual human perspective (i.e. I'd do it too!), it's still very bad for Africa as whole. Figure out a way to get Africans to invest that capital back into Africa, and at least some of its problems will ease up a bit.

Posted by Secret Master 2018-12-02 14:32|| 2018-12-02 14:32|| Front Page Top

6 Yes, if you cannot change the man's mind, then simply change the man. Not a new technique, but still quite effect

The Solution - Poem by Bertolt Brecht

After the uprising of the 17th June
The Secretary of the Writers Union
Had leaflets distributed in the Stalinallee
Stating that the people
Had forfeited the confidence of the government
And could win it back only
By redoubled efforts. Would it not be easier
In that case for the government
To dissolve the people
And elect another?

Posted by charger 2018-12-02 14:40|| 2018-12-02 14:40|| Front Page Top

7 "Though Stalin's still dead (I just checked!),
I'll stay, for six years, circumspect,
Then I'll print in the West,
Where the proles are oppressed,
Lest the People elect a new Brecht!"

Posted by Unasing Spawn of the Faith2055 2018-12-02 15:53|| 2018-12-02 15:53|| Front Page Top

8 Picking a failed state (Libya for example) and colonizing it again to restore order and create a place for Islamic migrants to go instead of Europe is not a terrible idea. Will never happen but I'm amazed the germans have even floated a similar idea.

Posted by rjschwarz 2018-12-02 21:04|| 2018-12-02 21:04|| Front Page Top

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