• luridness@lemmy.ml
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    8 hours ago

    Do the Americans not realise that… like every single one of them going back 4-5 generations are immigrants? Very few native Americans are out there because of immigration.

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      native Americans

      Even they are being snatched off streets and “detained”.

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      54 minutes ago

      They’re arresting and detaining the actual native Americans too. Because they really want a Christo-fascist white state, not a native one.

      That’s why they want to import the racists from South Africa.

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      The people calling for these atrocities and committing them are white supremacists. What is happening is exactly what they want to happen.

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        Which is stupid because their ancestors aren’t from this land. And millions of “not-whites” were forced to come here! Not that they will ever understand that.

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      8 hours ago

      Just as most Americans who have moved to other countries refuse to call themselves immigrants, and default to calling themselves “expats”, most don’t seem to get that, no.

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          An expat is anyone who lives outside of their native country while intending to return, while an immigrant is someone who moves to another country permanently.

          One reason why you rarely hear about American “immigrants” to other countries is that it is absurdly hard to relinquish US citizenship. So even if an American were to gain citizenship elsewhere, they still owe US income tax, and are reminded of their status every April.

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          7 hours ago

          Sure, but that only seems to apply to Americans, and in some parts Brits.

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            It is less of a US thing, and more of a class thing. Expats are temporary work assignments overseas usually for high paying leadership positions.