That’s pretty much what she said in the video. I have mixed feelings about reviving languages that had been dead more than a century, as I get strange nationalist tingles at the back of my neck.
But if they’re doing it for fun, then that’s fine
I was there for the 7/7, and have to admit, did not notice any particular shift in attitude towards indians/pakistanis. Maybe I was too young and just not looking, but I felt that the media largely shifted the blame to the actions of a few extremists instead of a culture as a whole.
I remember the rhetoric around 9/11 being about culture, and saw the effects of that in the US but not so much in the UK. Again, maybe I wasn’t really looking, but I also feel that the media was just a bit more rational back then.
I’m also not denying that people of non-white backgrounds face discrimination, as I’ve felt it myself. I just felt it way waay more in Germany.
A cornish speaker in 2015
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WIKITONGUES-_Elizabeth_speaking_Cornish.webm
I keep trying to match it to any language that I know, and just draw a blank. Celtic dialects (which I think this is?) broke off about 300 years earlier from the main Indo-European branch than Germanic dialects did, and the divide is real.
I wonder if Irish/Scottish/Gaelic speakers can pick out anything
She definitely spots more problems in migrant families than native ones because the native ones have better support networks (family/grandparents, etc) to fall back on in hard times. These factors readily confound hand-in-hand.
In terms of her own prejudice, she herself came to the UK as a migrant in the 80s from a third world country and more than understands their plight as well as their mindset.
She mentions their level of english, not their ethnicity. I think for her its more the contrast of how savvy they are navigating the system despite their seeming inability to converse with it
I don’t know what to say other than the anecdote I gave above after living in Germany for a decade
It’s not though. All the major cities have cultural hubs and communities where migrants can find their place amongst their brethren. It used to be one of our strengths.
Compare that to Germany where even the Turks and Italians who have lived there for generations are still seen as oddities to be frowned on.
She’s seeing people who have paid taxes here not reaping the benefits of the social welfare they have paid into, whilst dealing with the disconnect of seeing others who seem to be dodging taxes altogether reaping more benefits.
It’s a hard pill for her to swallow, as someone who always did things by the books.
I’ve told her native billionaries operate under the same modus operandi at a far larger scale, but that does little to assay her bitterness. The rich was always gonna rich. The working poor used to be a bit more level I suppose is what she’s thinking
I used to think the same, but I’m not so sure anymore. My mum works in the council and she constantly tells me first hand stories of people simply abusing the system. Not one offs, but significant numbers.
Her bitterness about it stems from the fact that many of the families doing it aren’t that integrated into society.
On the one hand, life is fucking tough right now and people should be using whatever advantage they have to get by. On the otherhand, in a fairer world, people wouldn’t be exploiting the system at all.
I never really understand where Tories lie on the spectrum of equity/fairness/corruption given their horrific track record, but I can understand the frustration of seeing others doing better than you should be…
Somebody aught Torcross that Strete and give that up Start a Slapton
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Why compete, when you can grift
It really is. The ability to escape your world into another without being coerced and through your own conscious and meditative effort is something that should be thought about more
I think we’re in violent agreement with each other, you tit!
Politician: Hmm, maybe we should go to private! That will increase efficiency and reduce public costs!
Public: Mhmm! Mhmm! Costing us 3.6bn a year currently! That could go to our schools!
Politician: Yep! Yep! Schools! Not pockets!
If that’s what you thought I was talking about, perhaps you are among them?
Who am I, but a servant of the great powers sent to dismantle your impassable fortitude…
Jesus calm your tits, plenty of people don’t see AI itself as the problem but the way it is currently being wielded, is. The Luddites weren’t anti-machine, they were more than happy to use the new tech, but not for a loss of livelihood. That. That’s what people refer to when they say AI is bad, and I think you know that.
Oh no, I agree that the rich have invested too much into AI to have no choice but to evangelize its usage. I just took issue with your framing that humans in general are stupid when it comes to perceived threats, and used a famous line before an invasion to punctuate it
See, White Rectangle, you swipe like this: “oh. oh quite. oh dear. oh no. aw. and how.”
But with Black Rectangle, you swipe like: “yo, hol’ da commentz, Imma bounce your pinky up in this!”
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