Just wondering: do Americans actually realize that the shittiest people in their country are actively spreading their ideas across the world? And I’m not just talking about the political interference or the mega-corporations. I’m talking lobbyists, articles, bloggers, think tanks, street missionaries.
Do y’all even realize there are Americans in the Netherlands who came here in groups specifically to do ‘mission work’ against abortion? And American-funded groups that vilify autism and tell people not to vaccinate their kids?
A lot of Dutch people don’t notice that they’re here either because these groups strategically underplay their American roots but they’re here and when a country that previously didn’t have an anti-vax movement suddenly needs to deal with that shit… yeah.. that happened.
And that’s just the Netherlands, far more money and energy goes into ‘missionary’ work in countries recovering from a history of colonization, countries recovering from wars and disasters, countries with a weakened education system. Republican Americans rush to those places to spread conservative Christianity with all the bigotry, anti-science and absolutely ridiculous politics that go with it.
Like, you should probably be aware of this shit, ‘cause it leaves a smell.
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