https://hexbear.net/comment/6470406
Some bozo from lemmy.today wanders into c/memes with:
They want to turn us into obedient slave citizens like in the east.
And after being told to face the wall they double down. Some of the hits:
We have a tradition of representative government and more honest leadership. Trying to get offended on behalf of people that live under despotic governments elsewhere is the reason why everybody hates the politically correct.
Western style governments elect their leaders, they have the Free Press, and they are allowed to criticize their leaders and companies. Something that does not and has not ever existed in the East to any large degree.
Well it would be governmentist not racist.
And it is true that I am biased against autocratic governments ruled by despots.
But do not let me keep you here, don't you have somebody to accuse of cultural appropriation?
And my favorite:
The ignorant always think they know more, because they never learned enough to know how little they know.
edit: They're still going lmfao
no, i think this is different. like, even comprador states have prime ministers. that's just the head executive of the government when it's not a presidential system. how can you question that? what else would they have? what?
this is like thinking chinese companies dont have a CEO, because handwave
I get that, but from a surface level view, a Westerner seeing or hearing the words "King ...." and "Prince ..." when referring to a leader in the Gulf will likely lead them to assume A) they are "tribal" unlike "our civilized" ass and B) that every single West Asian/North African nation is ruled via monarchy held by a tribe. Which is fucking silly as hell.
oh yes! they dont have a prime minister, they have a vizier! how could i forget about the oriental vizier