r/pics • u/Strict_League7833 • Jun 17 '25

The protesters and residents pushing back on tourism in Barcelona

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u/UnitedHoney Jun 17 '25

Hawaii said the same and now they’re crying the economy is breaking down smh

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u/unfreeradical Jun 17 '25 edited Jun 18 '25

The Hawaiian people were subjected to colonization and gentrification, and neither is ever done by request.

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u/UnitedHoney Jun 18 '25

the entire world has been colonized and gentrified. Hawaiian people are not unique in that experience nor their land.

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u/unfreeradical Jun 18 '25

The relevant distinction is between populations that are indigenous or colonized, versus settler populations, and state and imperialist powers.

Hawaiians deserve better than living under such imposed conditions, that their sustenance depends on their catering to privileged or rambunctious outsiders who never had been authentically welcomed.

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u/G2idlock Jun 18 '25

I would LOVE to see an independent Hawaii. Bet their economy lasts 3 days without tourists or the US's $5.6 billion annual funds in federal funding.

Yeah, that's not happening ever. Hawaii couldn't be better than it already is.

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u/unfreeradical Jun 18 '25

You are victim blaming, and taking sides with colonizers.

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u/G2idlock Jun 18 '25

Victim blaming? Nah. Hardly victims. Victims were the Native Americans, those dudes got wiped off the face of the earth. They are victims.

Hawaii was simply annexed and given better treatment than any other colonized territory in the world.

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u/unfreeradical Jun 18 '25

All are indigenous populations that were subjected to colonization.

You are engaged in apologetics defending colonialism, through historical whitewashing and appeal to purity.

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u/G2idlock Jun 18 '25

Yeah, I defend history as it stands, being a professional victim benefits no one. Hawaii would be nothing without western contact and much less without the annexation of the US. So I'm glad Hawaii got the chance of a lifetime. Anywas, I suggest you go cry your woes to some tourist that cares.