Okay? Why should I care what my ancestors were doing 200 years ago? Do you believe you should be held accountable for the actions of yours? I don’t hold a grudge against my German friends for WW2 either.
Because the antecedents and foundation of the Dutch, and to a larger extent, Europe and US/Canada’s economic and productive foundations were built on the exploitation and ruination of the colonies of people throughout the world. The wealth and comfort that Europe/US/CAN (the West) finds itself in is not from idealistic platitudes, false remorse, diligent government reform, and communal goals. The roots of the material luxuries and possibilities states like NL benefit from are from the exploitation. Distant past and persistent present. Your nations stole that wealth, benefitted from it, and believe you maintain that living standard because Europe is simply better.
All that happened with the end of those imperial and colonial periods, and after WWII, was that those imperial nations refined, modified, and sophisticated new tools of financial control and exploitation. Europe has the benefit of having the US enforce that capital hegemony with overwhelming and genocidal violence and covert, proxy financing and warfare.
Your countries aren’t magic nor are their revenues clean. It’s just blood money you’re drowning in.
Easy to point to those who invaded your country many centuries ago and blame them for everything wrong with it. You have enjoyed independence for many decades. Maybe time to look inward and fix your own problems instead of playing right into your dictator leaders hands by blaming it all on us. Or you can continue to whine about the west online while not changing anything.
Don’t confuse me for an American. My government gets paid a fair wage and is among the least corrupt in the world.
If you’re Dutch, didn’t Lockheed Martin get away with bribing one of your politicians and they got away Scot free? Was their income not high enough?
You mean 60 years ago? Sorry, I wasn’t born yet. Is that the most recent example you could find?
Edit: still no one has been able to come up with anything better
I mean there is also the whole monarchy thing, isn’t that just legalised corruption for one family?
Why didn’t you guys try the Robespierre or Lenin method? Are you stupid?
Our monarchy is a tourist attraction. The king holds no real power. We could get rid of it if we wanted to, but most people really don’t care enough.
Weak
It took your swamplands 200+ years to "apologize’ for slavery. In 2022.
Okay? Why should I care what my ancestors were doing 200 years ago? Do you believe you should be held accountable for the actions of yours? I don’t hold a grudge against my German friends for WW2 either.
Because the antecedents and foundation of the Dutch, and to a larger extent, Europe and US/Canada’s economic and productive foundations were built on the exploitation and ruination of the colonies of people throughout the world. The wealth and comfort that Europe/US/CAN (the West) finds itself in is not from idealistic platitudes, false remorse, diligent government reform, and communal goals. The roots of the material luxuries and possibilities states like NL benefit from are from the exploitation. Distant past and persistent present. Your nations stole that wealth, benefitted from it, and believe you maintain that living standard because Europe is simply better.
The “garden” is harvesting its fruits from the “jungle”. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/r1OzGUuPztw
All that happened with the end of those imperial and colonial periods, and after WWII, was that those imperial nations refined, modified, and sophisticated new tools of financial control and exploitation. Europe has the benefit of having the US enforce that capital hegemony with overwhelming and genocidal violence and covert, proxy financing and warfare.
Your countries aren’t magic nor are their revenues clean. It’s just blood money you’re drowning in.
Lahooo-ha-ser
Easy to point to those who invaded your country many centuries ago and blame them for everything wrong with it. You have enjoyed independence for many decades. Maybe time to look inward and fix your own problems instead of playing right into your dictator leaders hands by blaming it all on us. Or you can continue to whine about the west online while not changing anything.
Have you heard of neocolonialism?
This, my friends, is an example of the problem of global dutchification. We must combat the Geert Wildersizing of the world.