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Not keeping track of lies - The result
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this post was submitted on 26 Apr 2026
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A Westerner is someone that lives in a previous colonial metropole, usually Western Europe, or one of their settler nation states.
In other words, someone who does not live in the global south ie. those peoples victimized by colonial imperialism.
Why refer to them as the bourgeoisie proletariat? It's the first time I'm coming across the phrase but it makes sense. This 20% segment hold 80% of global wealth, to the great suffering of others. This 20% segment has historically contributed over 50% of cumulative carbon emissions, setting the planet on fire to indulge in relative excess, while looking down at those that have less than them. The very same people they stole from centuries ago.
While not talking about any one person in particularly, surely anyone can see that describing this segment of humanity as the bourgeoisie proletariat couldn't be more fitting g.