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   David Hembrow (hembrow@todon.eu)'s status on Saturday, 16-Dec-2023 07:54:21 JST David Hembrow

   I was told by a neighbour this morning that I am "the right kind of immigrant".

   When asked to explain he said that I work and pay taxes. He didn't also say that I'm ok because I'm white but I wonder how the conversation would have gone if I had a different skin colour.

   Am I reassured that because i am "the right kind of immigrant" everything will now be fine in the Netherlands after a quarter of the people who live around me just voted for a fascist, when the new speaker in our parliament is a conspiracy theorist as well as a fascist, and when most of the rest of the country appears to think that this is just fine ? No I am not.

   I have more in common with asylum seekers and any other immigrants than I do with fascists or with unthinking voters for fascists.
   #pvvisfascism
   #RefugeesAreWelcomeHere

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     pettter (pettter@mastodon.acc.umu.se)'s status on Saturday, 16-Dec-2023 16:21:11 JST pettter

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     @hembrow Some dutch people I've spoken to would contend the exact opposite - that you are the wrong kind of immigrant, in particular because there might be some tax rule or other that is highly favorable for guest workers or something, I don't recall the details.

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     pettter (pettter@mastodon.acc.umu.se)'s status on Saturday, 16-Dec-2023 20:05:11 JST pettter

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     @hembrow ah, gotcha

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     David Hembrow (hembrow@todon.eu)'s status on Saturday, 16-Dec-2023 20:05:12 JST David Hembrow

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     • pettter

     @pettter I know a few people who have been able to take advantage of the actually quite ludicrous favourable tax terms for some "ex pat" workers. That's not me though.