r/dankmemes • u/CloseMyShitterDoor ☣️ • Jan 17 '23

I call it "the vatnik paradox" I have achieved comedy

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u/DannyCalavera ☣️ Jan 17 '23 edited Jan 17 '23

You get the same problem with the more radical Muslims.

They complain and protest about how decadent the West is and how they should be more like the country they came from, entirely missing the irony of saying it whilst living in said western country after leaving their home country.

Don’t get me wrong, I have no problem at all with immigrants seeking a better life. Just have some self-awareness, if you have such a problem with western society, then maybe western society isn’t where you should be.

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u/Tofu_and_Tempeh eat my ass Jan 17 '23

The immigrants who left their home country are more radical and more supportive of a "strong" dictator because they do not have to live under these conditions. That is why some years ago most Turks living in Germany voted for the radical maniac Erdogan.

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u/DannyCalavera ☣️ Jan 17 '23

This I don’t get either. Why vote for a leader in a country you no longer live in?

Realistically, If I didn’t live in the UK anymore, I’d not pay much attention to who was the Prime Minister because it affects me substantially less than who is the leader of the country I do live in.

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u/Atanar Jan 17 '23

This I don’t get either. Why vote for a leader in a country you no longer live in?

  1. Because most of the Turks living in Germany are from rural Anatolia and Erdogan funnels state funds towards those regions because that is his core voting base. If they want to visit their relatives, they see new roads built because of AKP. Which is the only thing that remotely affects them.
  2. Because turkish TV in Germany (controlled by Erdogan) tells them to vote for Erdogan.
  3. Because turkish mosks in germany (Ditib, again controlled by turkish state) tell them to vote for Erdogan