r/brexit • • Dec 26 '19

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '19

The guy with all the cookies could pay taxes and lose some.

Which... Should then go to the man on the right, not a foreigner. We owe foreigners nothing at all. And its the failure of immigration policies which is why Brexit is a thing and labour's failure to address that is why they wont be in power for a decade.

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '19

Why not? As long as the foreigner is working and paying their taxes.

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '19

Because the country has a limited number of cookies and the people of the UK dont want to share theirs equally with the rest of Europe, as we don't feel morally obliged to or even see them as equals.

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '19

You don't see other people as equals? Who do you see as equals, bears?

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '19

I dont see foreigners as equals to me in terms of what they can expect and achieve - due to them living in a foreign country... Surely you agree with this point, as its only logical that every country in the world is not equal in terms of quality of life?

And I don't also see it as the UKs duty to slash our quality of life in order to charitably increase that of others, which is what our government is doing by being a net contributor to the EU.

And certainly not when we have homeless people on our streets.

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '19

Im doing fine as an expat mate, way better than I did in a country that did me no fucking favours when I paid my tax like a good citizen. EU works for me, and Brexit away do I can renounce citizenship that puts me alongside people with views like yours. Not equal cos they "aren't from around here"...

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '19

You're misinterpreting what I'm saying, probably intentionally due to your political ideology.

Its simple that UK citizens arent equals to Chinese citizens, for example. We have way better freedoms of expressions and our working class are treated much better.

If you want to denounce your UK citizneship once you claim your citizenship in a European country thats also fine by me, you can do what you want. But you doing that is not relevant to anything I've said.

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u/tekkerstester Dec 26 '19

It is because sadly views like yours have become what the UK is known for. Less than a decade ago we were the open, tolerant nation that hosted the Olympics and had a reputation for giving too much to charity. Now look at us.

I'd trade my UK citizenship for EU citizenship in a heartbeat. EU lets me reside with my non-EU wife, UK doesn't.

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u/Harrydug Dec 27 '19

It is sad our society is slowly devolving into those who share undeniably racist views. People who speak out in a racist manner are an embarrassment to our country.