• N1cknamed@feddit.nl
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    1 year ago

    Don't confuse me for an American. My government gets paid a fair wage and is among the least corrupt in the world.

    • CloutAtlas [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      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?

      • N1cknamed@feddit.nl
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        1 year ago

        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

        • CloutAtlas [he/him]
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          1 year ago

          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?

        • Zodiark
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          2 months ago

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          • N1cknamed@feddit.nl
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            1 year ago

            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.

            • Zodiark
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              2 months ago

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              • N1cknamed@feddit.nl
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                1 year ago

                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.

                • duderium [he/him]
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                  1 year ago

                  You have enjoyed independence for many decades.

                  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.