To everyone who actually visits this space regularly, I will be moving back to my old blog. It’s got staying power, that’s why. See you all there.
What was waiting for me there was exactly what I hoped would be there.
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“There is a hypocrisy about the whole jobs debate, especially in Europe. The colonial powers invaded countries like India and China, pillaged them of their treasures and commodities and made sure their industries weren’t allowed to develop, so they would stay impoverished and unable to compete. Then the imperialists complained when the destitute people of the former colonies came to their shoes to clean their toilets and dig their sewers; they complained when later generations came to earn high wages as doctors and engineers; and now they’re complaining when their jobs are being lost to children of the empire who are working harder than they are. My grandfather was once confronted by an elderly Englishman in a London park who asked, ‘Why are you here?’ My grandfather responded, ‘We are the creditors.’ We are here because you were there.” -Suketu Mehta
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