French MEP says US should give back Statue of Liberty
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Ok this is the pettiness I'm here for lmao
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As an American, I agree
Seconded.
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Swap it for a guillotine
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I agree. We've failed to live up the the aspirations that statue represents.
It was written by the French in the first place unless I misunderstood the history.
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It was written by the French in the first place unless I misunderstood the history.
Perhaps the statue should be more of a trophy, moved from nation to nation depending on how focused that nation is on creating opportunity for the least among us, how accepting they are of the poor, tired, and broken peoples of the world, how committed they are to escalating the cause of human dignity.
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I mean, he's got a point.
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Is that the one that says "give us your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free"?
Yeah we're not using it.
"Give us your water, your precious metals, your rare-earth minerals. Give us all your shit or risk invasion."
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Where else are they going to put the huge, gilded statue of Trump?
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I hope we can some day return to politics that aren't purely performative in nature.
Very hard disagree. Hearts and minds.
Dafuq else do you expect a random French opposition member to do? Sit there quietly and look pretty? That seems to be the leading strategy for the US Dems and also an irredeemable dereliction of duty. If you are forced into the opposition, be performative. Be loud. Be ungovernable, if necessary.
It's nice to wish for a world where a fascist regime doesn't have full control of the USA, but unfortunately we don't live in that world so please don't denigrate the work of politicians who at least are doing the bare minimum of saying something about it.
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It was written by the French in the first place unless I misunderstood the history.
Saying "written" suggests to me that you're referring to the sonnet, "The New Colossus", which was inspired by the statue the French made, but was written by an American poet, Emma Lazarus.
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The French should demand payback for the military and financial aid given to the colonials from 1775 to 1783. Putin's Sock Puppet does not hold the cards for that one.
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I agree. We've failed to live up the the aspirations that statue represents.
I always wondered about how that monument in Civilisations games lets you change government type with no turns lost to riots
I guess we get to see if that works IRL
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Where else are they going to put the huge, gilded statue of Trump?
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Where else are they going to put the huge, gilded statue of Trump?
“Give me your rich, your wealthy,
Your crass oligarchs yearning for tax-free status,
The corrupt billionaires of your teeming shore.
Send these, the non-domiciled well-to-does to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden toilet!” -
Good idea. We haven't stood for what it represented since... ever really.
There was a time when it was a solid deal for white Europeans.
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