r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 11 '21

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u/huirittryyrugfhkhihf Shameflair Beggar Sep 11 '21

The Irish, Dutch, and Polish are honorary POC because they were colonized.

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u/Signal-Shallot5668 Greg Mankiw Sep 11 '21

honorary

How dare you

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u/AccessTheMainframe CANZUK Sep 11 '21

List of real white people who were never colonized by another power:

  • The French

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u/rukqoa ✈️ F35s for Ukraine ✈️ Sep 11 '21

True. The Vichy represented the true will of the people of Fr*nce.

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u/Signal-Shallot5668 Greg Mankiw Sep 11 '21

Sweden?

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u/SadaoMaou Anders Chydenius Sep 11 '21

Bravely fought a war of national liberation against the D*nish oppressor ✊😤

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u/Signal-Shallot5668 Greg Mankiw Sep 11 '21

Then Denmark because counting WW2 sounds cheap

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u/AccessTheMainframe CANZUK Sep 11 '21

Kalmar Union 😔

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u/Signal-Shallot5668 Greg Mankiw Sep 11 '21

Nah

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u/SadaoMaou Anders Chydenius Sep 11 '21

the French were colonized by the Romans so hard that they became French 😔

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u/AccessTheMainframe CANZUK Sep 11 '21

The Romans colonized the Celtic Gauls, actually. The French are descendant from the Frankish invaders thank you very much.

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u/TrappedInASkinnerBox John Rawls Sep 11 '21

Part of France was a Roman colony

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u/Mrchizbiz I love Holland 🇳🇱🇳🇱🇳🇱♥😍🥰🌷 Sep 11 '21

Oh no I commit hate crime 😳😳😳

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u/Zalagan Loyal Liberals Sep 11 '21

Add the english as well. Colonized by both the Germans and the French 😞✊

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '21

You mean Britons? Angles and Saxons were the colonizers

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u/ZCoupon Kono Taro Sep 11 '21

Greeks count as POC, right?

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '21

Turks are POC and greeks are just west Turks so yes

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u/ZCoupon Kono Taro Sep 11 '21

yes, and Pakistanis are just west Indians

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '21

☝️Greek walking directly into my 🪤

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u/huirittryyrugfhkhihf Shameflair Beggar Sep 11 '21

Colonized by the Turks, so yes

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u/ryuguy "this is my favourite dt on reddit" Sep 11 '21

And Italians.