Recognize your priviledge!!!

[niko123]

I just finished watching some documentaries on Polish Hooligans. Like Leo's police cam videos lol. Polish and eastern Europe realities are harsh, there is so much violence, conformism, drugs, "nihilism" and sick mentality. You can't comprehend it unless you are from here and notice such things.
I come from eastern Europe. This is a fucking priviledge on a global scale. 

But please, realize and live this, if you are in western Europe you are literally in paradise. Like the Netherlands or Norway. I know that people on this forum have heard it a 1000 times, but it's just that true. 

I spent 2 months working in the Netherlands. When I came back it was like waking up from a dream. You cannot fathom how different life is in the east. You would be in shock about the things that pass here as normal. 

Still, I am super-priviledged. But if I am super, westeners are supererer.

 

 

[Natasha Tori Maru]

It is why a solid gratitude practice should be a core ethos.

When you are younger this privilege is a lot more unconscious - you simply are not aware of how much you have access to with simple vitality, health and low obligations / responsibility.

As you get older, energy declines, health fades. Those around you begin to die. You suffer in a way that is incomprehensible when young...

Just the fact I woke up this morning, warm in bed. Dog curled around my feet. All is well. Sun is rising. That is the BEST feeling. THAT is all I desire. Beauty of reality and peace 

[Elliott]

@conservatives @bros @patriachists

[MarkKol]

You can move and live in the Netherlands tomorrow and be a permanent resident as a polish person without a job or paperwork. Learn the language, There’s no excuses. 

Seems rather silly to talk about it in such romantic and glorifying way when it’s so open and available to you.

Edited 6 hours ago by MarkKol

[Elliott]

57 minutes ago, MarkKol said:

You can move and live in the Netherlands tomorrow and be a permanent resident as a polish person without a job or paperwork. Learn the language, There’s no excuses. 

Seems rather silly to talk about it in such romantic and glorifying way when it’s so open and available to you.

Be a homeless person?......

[Eskilon]

Yeah, people living in first world countries are really really priviledge. You guys have it too easy it's crazy.

Also, looking at it from another angle, just by being here on this forum and having found actualized.org is a massive privilege no matter where you live. Many people won't be introduced to this stuff in their whole lifes. Pause and let that sink in for a second. 

Edited 4 hours ago by Eskilon

[NewKidOnTheBlock]

Yeah Netherlands looks quite beautiful. Increased income is not as much of a benefit since prices are also increased, but that tradeoff is much better than prices to incomes ratios of Eastern Europe

[Leo Gura]

Western Europe is life on easy mode.

[Something Funny]

@niko123 I live in Poland but lived in NL for 3 months. Not sure there is that much difference at all. 

Never had any issues with any thugs in Poland.

I was approached by homeless people in both countries.

Once some people high on weed tried to bother me in NL when I was walking alone at night. Never had this experience in Poland, even though I walk alone at night regularly here and have been living here for 10 years.

Returning was definitely not the "I woke up from a dream" experience

Edited 4 hours ago by Something Funny

[Sincerity]

Living in Warsaw is heaven. I love this city so much, in many ways moving to Western Europe would be a downgrade. 

I’m insanely privileged to live here. And Western Europe is generally a bit overrated (still great tho). Everything has its pros and cons.

Edited 3 hours ago by Sincerity

[Something Funny]

2 minutes ago, Sincerity said:

Living in Warsaw is heaven.

Wroclaw i better 

[Sincerity]

5 minutes ago, Something Funny said:

Wroclaw i better 

You have a right to your incorrect opinion 😜 just kidding.

I didn’t like Wroclaw that much. I thought I would, but when I got there my dream of living there for a while vanished. Warsaw is just superior to me. Especially if you live near a metro station.

Edited 3 hours ago by Sincerity

[niko123]

19 minutes ago, Sincerity said:

Living in Warsaw is heaven. I love this city so much, in many ways moving to Western Europe would be a downgrade. 

I’m insanely privileged to live here. And Western Europe is generally a bit overrated (still great tho). Everything has its pros and cons.

Warsaw, Krakow, Wroclaw are all great, also Poznan. They are on par with western cities, I don't mean them though. I mean eastern, rural Poland. Small-city Poland. You could say that people living in Warsaw and the cities I mentioned have almost the same priviledge as the West. Rural Poland? I would not say so.

[AION]

Western europe is like Eden 

[integration journey]

Does that apply to living in America? 

[Eskilon]

1 minute ago, integration journey said:

Does that apply to living in America? 

Any first world country 

[Lila9]

15 hours ago, Natasha Tori Maru said:

It is why a solid gratitude practice should be a core ethos.

When you are younger this privilege is a lot more unconscious - you simply are not aware of how much you have access to with simple vitality, health and low obligations / responsibility.

As you get older, energy declines, health fades. Those around you begin to die. You suffer in a way that is incomprehensible when young...

Just the fact I woke up this morning, warm in bed. Dog curled around my feet. All is well. Sun is rising. That is the BEST feeling. THAT is all I desire. Beauty of reality and peace 

Beautiful ❤️

[Something Funny]

@niko123 why are you making small distinctions within Poland but lumping all Western Europe together?

[niko123]

11 minutes ago, Something Funny said:

@niko123 why are you making small distinctions within Poland but lumping all Western Europe together?

Good point acutually. That is a mistake on my part. 

I generalized my experience from my stay in the west, and from travelling the Netherlands. For example, everywhere I went by bike, even in the countryside, there was a nice, even bike road. I could get everywhere by train. It's certainly nicer than what I have seen in the east. (Not even Poland, places like, for example Greece also apply). 

So of course it varies region by region, but I think it's not outrageous to say that on average, it is the case that the west is nicer than the east.

[niko123]

31 minutes ago, integration journey said:

Does that apply to living in America? 

I don't know, I was never in America.