• KISSmyOSFeddit@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    I hate how the label “undocumented migrants” is slapped onto people who have lived there for longer than the concept of a nation state existed.

    • ChowJeeBai@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      The country is basically that. Google ‘orang asli’ (original people in the native language) and the use of the word ‘pendatang’ (translation: immigrant) as it refers to the native non-malay population in racial politics.

  • SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml
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    5 months ago

    I had thought maybe this was about Libertarian crypto bros, and was ready to laugh. This is less funny

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      5 months ago

      These people have lived all their lives on the seas for thousands of years roaming the seas in Southeast Asia hopping from island to island. Nobody’s restricted their movements till now.

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        5 months ago

        Yeah, like I said, less funny. I’m willing to laugh at the misfortune of crypto bros doing stupid things. Not willing to laugh at a nomadic people having their way of life destroyed.