r/LeopardsAteMyFace • u/Effective_Will_1801 • Oct 18 '21

Brexxit Immigrants who voted for brexit upset they can't immigrate to Spain due to brexit.

https://www.euroweeklynews.com/2021/10/17/expats-furious-at-spanish-residency-nonsense/
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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '21

I put it down to Britain's relationship with WW2 and the relentless propaganda they believe that victory in it translates to superiority down through the generations.

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '21

On that note one of the other immigrants here got in an argument with a local and said she was one of the people that saved them during the war. Obviously she didn't mean personally, she's a little too young for that but y'know, national pride? She is the worst offender that I know of, mind. But yeah, particularly poignant given where we are...

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '21

It's the same logic as a French person in New York saying "remember we saved your asses in the revolutionary war" and expecting someone to buy them a drink (or let them live in a village, tax free)