opposide [none/use name] to politics • edit-24 years agoUnfun fact: the most fortified border of a European country is actually in Africa, in the Spanish colonial city of Melillaimagemessage-square171 fedilinkarrow-up1130file-text
arrow-up1130imageUnfun fact: the most fortified border of a European country is actually in Africa, in the Spanish colonial city of Melillaopposide [none/use name] to politics • edit-24 years agomessage-square171 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
Two layers of electrified, barbed wire, with armed guards to keep a colony secure. Colonialism has never actually ended
minus-squarePeludoPorFavor [he/him]hexbear19·4 years agoI did my fieldwork in Spain/Morocco and the vast majority of people who travel to morocco are... kinda weird. like there is such a weird version of orientalism/romanticism about that country. link
minus-squareChomsky [comrade/them]hexbear11·4 years agoDo your field work everywhere else and I think you will find a pattern. link
minus-squareMarxMadness [comrade/them]hexbear3·4 years agoBut does everywhere else have a classic movie made about its largest city? link
minus-squareNeverGoOutside [any]hexbear1·4 years agoI felt the same way. Europeans are such freaks. link
I did my fieldwork in Spain/Morocco and the vast majority of people who travel to morocco are... kinda weird.
like there is such a weird version of orientalism/romanticism about that country.
Do your field work everywhere else and I think you will find a pattern.
fair.
But does everywhere else have a classic movie made about its largest city?
Yes
I felt the same way. Europeans are such freaks.