• Coldcell@sh.itjust.works
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    6 hours ago

    Oh look, a billionaire baby boomer who thinks immigrants are the problem.

    Can we get his head sized for a basket please?

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    That first paragraph oozes irony.

    Britain has been “colonised” by immigrants, who are draining resources from the state, Sir Jim Ratcliffe, one of the country’s richest and most influential men, has told Sky News.

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        Officially, he lives abroad, so doesn’t pay taxes here, so can’t truly be said to be " of this country ". I suggest we bar him.

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      But he is ENTITLED to his wealth, he is obviously entitled to exploit others and to be extremely privileged.
      You know that because he is rich, he is a higher class of being, a class that needs to be protected because it’s only fair that some people have all the privileges.

      /s (just in case)

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      you just know so many people will take it at face value without putting 2+2 together too

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    Last time they kept out immigrants, with Brexit, some industries immediately ran into problems. Maybe if they’d start talking wage increase and free training before closing borders they’d make sense, but that’s probably an even bigger “resource drain from the state” according to that guy.

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    Some people just can’t get over the imperial mind set. And also when he says immigrats he %100 means non white immigrants lol.

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      Not just the UK. There is a coordinated push to use nationalism to replace democracy with oligarchy all across the world right now. The US is simply the most obvious example due to the orange one lacking any semblance of subtlety.

      People need to watch for and oppose media consolidation, anti-immigrant rhetoric, ballooning law enforcement spending, surveillance and online id requirements. These are all hallmarks of groups aiming to install an authoritarian regime.

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    A racist “leader,” with his mind firmly entrenched in the disgraceful ancestry of British imperialism.

    Remember, folks: the poor, the marginalized people and the refugees are not our enemies.

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    Ironically, due to brexit, instead of European immigrants, most come from Nigeria. Which is worse for no-one except the racist knobheads that pushed for brexit who ended up with people with more melanin in their skin.