You (and I) are responsible if you are enjoying your privileges while – through no fault of their own - others suffer.
Sweden and the west got rich through luck and exploitation. You are privileged. You are lucky. Recognize that and act on it.
Sweden and the west got rich through luck and exploitation. You are privileged. You are lucky. Recognize that and act on it.
Since you disagree with Muzza, I would suggest that we create a partnership in which we bring every african beggar to your country (Sweden?). That's a lot, and it'll probably severely mess up your country, but hey, here's your opportunity to act on your words!
/sarcasm
On a more serious note, would you want all the beggars in the world to go to Sweden? Why not? Oh, because it's too much and it wouldn't be good for Sweden right? Well every person has a different tolerance threshold for "what is good for Sweden". Maybe someone would argue with you that making Sweden an asylum for all the world's beggars is the ultimate way of repairing for your sins, and then call you a fascist for not wanting to do it.
Well you're doing exactly the same with Muzza. What you consider something very reasonable (hosting Roumanian beggars and providing them with apartments or whatever) is seen as unacceptable by someone else.
I guess I disliked your patronizing tone: people have different opinions and tolerance, and yours is no better or worse than any other.
West has gotten rich because of its culture which allowed for development of science and technology (or at least hindered it the least), private property and enterprise, stable governments, honored contracts, and -- perhaps the cause of all those freedoms -- no single hegemon for much of its history and so a ruthless competition between the states on all field.
You're confusing cause with effect. It's not exploitation that made Europeans do much better than the rest of the world, they were already doing much better which allowed them to conquer the world.
* Or more generally: white Western European.
You happen to be born in sweden, they happen to be born in romania. If the tables were turned I'm sure you wouldn't think too highly of people with your opinion.
I have never denied anyone their humanity, only insisted that I shouldn't have to support them.
> A swedish life is worth no more or less than a romanian one.
If we are all equal, why do the left insist that a Romanian arriving in Sweden should have more entitlements than a Swedish citizen?