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submitted 1 month ago by fort_burp@feddit.nl to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

Mali and Burkina Faso banned Americans a few days ago. What with Maduro's kidnapping, it looks like that decision payed off in more ways than they might have anticipated!

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[-] reagansrottencorpse@lemmy.ml 60 points 1 month ago

Good. Fuck America. No one should trust us.

[-] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago
[-] TheJesusaurus@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 month ago
[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 month ago

I love this comment. It's like asking an ant to hold back the tide. The fact it's said so unironically makes it better.

The fact that that user recognises themselves as part of the country that has been nothing but a cancer in the world, and dislikes it, is already a lot and should be praised. They overcame the propaganda and used their minds and hearts to examine the world. 👍

[-] orc_princess@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 month ago

We appreciate it, but it materially doesn't help us outside of the US and it also doesn't help y'all inside either

Better than nothing and much better than the opposite, but that's fair.

[-] Earthman_Jim@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It's literally nothing, and Americans thinking dumping their feeling into the cyber abyss is "doing something" is a huge part of the problem.

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[-] communism@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 month ago

US imperialism is a paper tiger. Grow a spine and organise.

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[-] folaht@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

No, it's asking an ant to stand up against a bunch of grasshoppers.

https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=UI-RFRykjTk

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Definitely reduces the risk of tomfoolery and coups...

[-] cornishon@lemmygrad.ml 18 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Incidentally due to the Maduro situation no one paid attention, but Burkina Faso foiled a planned coup literally on the night of January 3rd.

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[-] RaphaelSchmitz@feddit.org 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I assure you Canadians and Mexicans do not want to be called Americans, especially these days

[-] Earthman_Jim@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago
[-] sakuraba@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 month ago

America is a continent not a country, calling USians americans is legitimizing their conquer of America

[-] Grapho@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 month ago

Better yet, call them gringos

[-] Gonzako@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago
[-] CountryBreakfast@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 month ago

As does using an Italian's name for the inhabitants of this continent. America is most certainly not a continent. It is a colonial project.

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[-] baller_w@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 month ago

I understand this rhetoric, but one extremely effective way of changing people’s opinions and broadening their world view is travel. Banning people from the US from traveling will only result in more insulation and “othering”.

That said, American tourists are 👏the 👏worst (I say as an American). We should act like what we are: guests. I’ve had the privilege to travel to five nations that don’t speak English as their native language and have learned my P’s and Q’s every time and it’s always paid off. I speak the language terribly, but I’m at least willing to try.

[-] LowResBeer@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 month ago

I get where you are coming from, but I think the only way to get through to the goddamned, thick skulled, toddler brained populace of the us, is to take their fucking toys away.

Don't allow them to travel to other countries. Economically sanction them and make burger price go up. For the love of god get the all military and all us bases out of your country.

The us should be shunned and rot in rhe mess they made for themselves while the world builds solidarity and cooperates. Twisted fucks can learn appreciation for the world by experiencing being cut off from it.

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[-] switcheroo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Ban Preznit Piggy, for sure. No one with that many felonies, rape and pedophilia charges should be let in any decent country...

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