Ooh, fun
"Amsterdam residents offered free book on city’s links with slavery"
@carolen
It’s what you get in a city completely controlled by Leftist idiots. Pure globalist propaganda again. The 17th century VOC world wide trade has been fundamental for the development of this country. Without it we probably would have been part of Germany or something. The Netherlands actually was one of the first countries to abolish slave trade.
@MartinJJ
It is rather silly this. All the riches that may have been made are now nothing more than a bunch of UNESCO buildings, anything else are either stolen by the French or the Germans when they conquered this strip of swamp. Generally speaking nobody who is born and raised like myself in Amsterdam ever profited of slavery, participated in any meaningful way and like any other westerner is vehemently opposed to it. So trying to guilt trip me into something that is essentially imported US cultural problems isn't going to fly with me.
@carolen
@MartinJJ
If you looked at the 1st chamber results in which FvD made massive gains and look at the map, Amsterdam and the area surrounding it is just all Groen Links. So I get why she is the mayor.
Although, who votes here in Amsterdam, unless there is a lot of gibs going on I doubt various muslims wouldn't vote, not for her at least. The working class, maybe. Because gibs? The ton of expats that cannot vote? This leaves like edgy boys like me who are politically insignificant and finally the cosmopolitan anywhere champagne socialists (and expats that can vote). At times I do wonder if people who have no regard for the country, city, its customs and cultures they reside deserve the right to vote.
@xyfdi
In our country mayors are not elected. They are appointed in vague backrooms. It's always the failed politicians and mostly leftist in every town now. We need elected mayors, not all those douchebags doing cozy jobs making a lot of money while fooling everyone.
@xyfdi
I hope you realize how dumb Halsema really is. There's not one grain of intelligence there. That besides all her idiotic leftist ideas.
@MartinJJ
I would like to think that I am a reasonable man. That I give her shit when she does or says something stupid, and I applaud her when she says something sane or smart.
Lately, it has been mostly the former.
@xyfdi
Exactly. It’s the “reparations” nonsense like in the US. Creating racism. But in the meantime the ultra leftist mayor like Halsema (never elected by anyone) and her city counsel is systematically ruining Amsterdam.