REMINDER: Fediverse is global. It is NOT limited to US. Please get over your American exceptionalism shit. It's not helping you or the US. In fact, it only reinforces global communities' thoughts about Americans' arrogance & not caring about others, outside of their country.
Please refrain from US exceptionalism attitudes, if you're truly interested in doing serious decolonialism work - it's counterintuitive.
@msquebanh I’m in the United States and all… But you gotta be in a bad mental state to think that the Fediverse is only limited to the US… PS: This is the first time I’ve heard something like this PhoenixSerenity…
@rlstone4dems I've seen a lot of US exceptionalism here, since joining. I don't think some people are even aware they've dived in that pool - it's almost built in their society. The majority of folks I follow aren't in US.
@msquebanh Well said. There's so much taken-for-granted language about being "world leaders"--more manifest destiny, really--and it makes their point nonsensical.
@msquebanh I've never been to the US, but it seems a profoundly broken place to me. Violence is endemic, corruption is rampant and your democracy is not a democracy. The people seem nice though.
@draftexcluder Governments, US & otherwise, rarely ever represent citizens & their best interests. I separate the government from the citizens. Especially marginalized ones & citizens who protest against horrible government policies.
@msquebanh Yes, a US immigrant here once mentioned to me that he found it stunning how accessible our politicians are. If I want to I can just ring, make an appointment and go in for a chat with my local MP.
@draftexcluder I'm in BC, Canada & most politicians (especially provincial & federal) are scared to meet/talk with their own constituency. Some of them also prefer to call cops on us, when we do peaceful protests outside their offices because they keep ignoring & running away from citizens they're paid & supposed to represent.
@draftexcluder I'm wondering if NZ politicians are as open to meeting & talking with their Indigenous constituency because most natives I've communicated with, from NZ, tell me about being ignored a lot.
@msquebanh I live rurally. I think that makes a difference, but I never had any trouble when I did live in a city. I've only wanted to talk to a politician a couple of times and I always emailed them first to let them know what it was about.
@draftexcluder Are you Indigenous or a POC?
I ask that because my Indigenous & POC contacts in NZ live in both rural & urban places. They are almost all ignored by many politicians because they want to talk about systematic racism & related issues.
@draftexcluder That may be why you can access politicians better than my Indigenous & POC contacts in NZ who are visibly not white & are open about the issues they want to discuss with their government representatives. Racism screws up a lot of progress, globally.
@draftexcluder There's been more than one time I got true allies to arrange meetings with politicians for me, using their born white privileged or white passing privileged identity. I show up, instead of them, after they lock meeting dates/times. It's shitty we gotta play dirty - just to try to get a foot in door to talk to our own political representatives that our tax monies fund.
@msquebanh@draftexcluder Oh. I would like to help with this. I look like an upper-middle-class liberal. They don't know I was raised by a radical activist. And I'm in Vancouver. :)
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