Message from @ophiuchus
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Henry Haggard Riderâs Allan Quartermain novels are incredible depictions of Boer era Africa
And white encounters with natives
I like that passage. Many Irishmen fought w/ the Boers against the English as well... đ
Iâd kinda like to visit South Africa some day
Thatâd be my 5th continent
@Ald Who is the most hardcore English South African that you know? Just curious
Insatiable Anglo Wanderlustblut
@ophiuchus I encourage you to go take a look. It's worth the knowledge gained and experience
@The MorrĂgan A friend of a couple years in my personal server
Ethnat pagan
Just go with the right people of course
@The MorrĂgan yeah going alone would be just. A bad idea.
Orania is nice to look at @ophiuchus
Nice people
I went alone. But I had a secured plan with connections at every stop @ophiuchus
Orania is really interesting. They have (or plan to have) their own currency as I understand.
Do not blame them for getting away from the Rand.
Yes, they DO have their own currency. I brought some back home. @ophiuchus
My grandfather went to South Africa back in the 70s. Very interesting stories.
Which part did he go? Do you remember? @ophiuchus
There is so much to dissect in a country like that. I can only say that it will broaden and sustain your perspectives
It makes you realize the dire necessities @ophiuchus
In everything that we do
And when I talk to people from other countries. . . Like my friends in London . . They have the same sense of urgency, nearly, as people in South Africa.
I think Americans will wait until the heat is so hot that they have no choice
Americans are comfortable. WE are comfortable
Anyone with a sock plz jump on this
I can certainly vouch for how dire the situation is in London
There are too many distractions right now for the majority of Americans to wake up
Beer, football, clubbing, etc.
Like Anam said, we are too comfortable
There are pockets in the US were the heat is hot but yet . . . We are still comfortable
Collectively comfortable. .
We are definitely too comfortable. Americans tend to be, by necessity to an extent, very insular. I almost wish it was required for high school students to travel abroad- to see the entire world isnât like a cozy hometown in Nebraska, to recognize that ideas such as the prohibition of Central American immigration isnât done out of cruelty, but necessity.
The thing is, I donât think itâs the distractions. We donât have one track minds, Iâm studying several things and have multiple hobbies and Iâm still up to date with news, and Iâm an average woman.
Itâs not distractions, itâs because they literally just donât care. You could tell a lot of these people the world is ending and they wouldnât blink. Their distractions arenât âdistractionsâ, itâs just that they have become so jaded and see such little value in culture and preservation that even cold hard facts canât move them
I agree. Americans are at the lowest percentage compared to *most* countries to even own a passport. Someone told me the exact percentage but I was astounded. Americans dont travel as much as others in other countries do. @ophiuchus
I meant less âtravel to almost exclusively white resort enclaves in the third worldâ and more âactually see how the rest of the world lives.â
Yes. No one wants to get out of their comfort zone and travel to South Africa. Crazy folks like me do that. đ @ophiuchus
Iâve met plenty of people who would be considered very well traveled judging by the stamps in their passport who spent nearly their entire time abroad in a Disneyland bubble of luxury.
Yes. I agree. But I'll have to find the statistics on the percentage of Americans who own passports