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The Country Jumper
United States
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My name is Caitlin.
I’ve never had a corporate job to quit.
As soon as I finished college in 2011 in the US, I went overseas. Sine then I have lived and traveled all over the world. My official homes have included Ireland, Vietnam, Australia, Czechia, England, and now - since 2021 - Portugal.
Everywhere I have been I have observed and absorbed everything around me.
I love seeing the beauty of the world and visiting famous landmarks, but I also don’t think there is much better than sitting down for a glass of wine in a foreign city with someone you’ve just met and learning their story.
All of my videos are a reflection of a very real, lived experience by me.
I am so glad we’ve found each other.
I’ve never had a corporate job to quit.
As soon as I finished college in 2011 in the US, I went overseas. Sine then I have lived and traveled all over the world. My official homes have included Ireland, Vietnam, Australia, Czechia, England, and now - since 2021 - Portugal.
Everywhere I have been I have observed and absorbed everything around me.
I love seeing the beauty of the world and visiting famous landmarks, but I also don’t think there is much better than sitting down for a glass of wine in a foreign city with someone you’ve just met and learning their story.
All of my videos are a reflection of a very real, lived experience by me.
I am so glad we’ve found each other.
Third Places in Setubal
If you’re interested in learning more about third places and other urbanist stuff check out The Happy Urbanist on TikTok. And if you made it all the way through this tour, gold star for you! #livinginportugal #setubalportugal #thirdplace
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US Gun Violence
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I made this video a little while ago. As of March 13 2024, there had been at least 70 mass shooting incidences in the US. One thing I don’t think is cute is pretending like gun violence is not a systemic issue that has permeated American society simply because it hasn’t yet touched your life. #americanissues #liveabroadtiktok #moveabroadtips
The Cons of Living in Portugal as a Foreigner
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The Cons of Living in Portugal as a Foreigner
Why Would Anyone Think Portugal Might Have Siestas?
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Why Would Anyone Think Portugal Might Have Siestas?
Common Misconceptions About Voting from Abroad
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Common Misconceptions About Voting from Abroad
Ow, so its not a chicken..
In Spain it is jajajaja
I just use emojis and stickers🤷🏽
Hi, yes, NHR is no longer a thing bit there is a new tax regulation for foreign residents that might be better than NHR for certain type of professionals
Expat is a just a term for white people to not call themselves "immigrants"
Like what will be do after getting d7 visa can work or not?
There's this woman in my family who once told me that she gets excited by the sound of vacuum cleaners, so when she's hoovering the house she gets terribly excited. She says it's not the movement, it's just the sound. I've always wondered if there's anyone else on this planet who shares her weird fetish. My suggestion, listen to the sound of several vacuum cleaners before deciding which one to buy...
Lay offs have always been a thing. And i mean OUTSIDE of "corporate" jobs. Nurses, waitresses, factory workers, construction workers, etc... This is not new. But yeah! If you can get these weirdos out of our Country? There are MILLIONS of us who would set up a GoFundMe to help them leave our Country! Just give us a list and we will purchase their One Way Ticket to anywhere they wish to go! ❤
It's flowers all year... Mhmm
Well, compared to countries in severe poverty america is a good bet. Authoritarian countries too, like Russia. As a russian myself, while I'm not dreaming of moving to the hellhole america is, and am never putting it on a pedestal, it would be much better than what russia is.
The process video can be find on your TH-cam channel?
This playlist: th-cam.com/play/PLZsU2d89lcsLDWqqhV-JqPJ_02BhUr81c.html&si=kixTlBb2D8B0QKG4
where's the video?
Its from Tiktok XD
Welcome to Portugal ❤❤ wish you happiness
Wow the items are tiny - basically a meal for one, maybe two people. 800gm of chicken is less than one meal. 12 rolls of toilet paper? Even in most of CANZUK and CUNA the supermarkets sell 20 roll packs. Generally buying bulk works out cheaper, and save you the trouble of having to shop every day; we shop usually once or twice a month. The more often you shop and the smaller the products are, the more you spend than you otherwise would. Hopefully CostCo continues to expand in Europe. 110 Euros is an awful lot of money is $183AUD, $149CAD, 85GBP. That's a lot of money for very little.
Hmmm, hopefully not. Grocery shopping is a chance to get out, see your neighbors, have fresh food. It's part of the culture here. The "time is money" concept is icky and it's great to live somewhere that values taking life slow and enjoying the little things over a constant hustle. Additionally, I do not live in a. massive US house with a basement and a garage and endless pantries. I live on my own in a one bedroom apartment. I have no need for large quantities of anything, not do I have anywhere to keep them. 12 rolls of toilet paper will do me for weeks.
Bittersweet
Definitely very close!
Desiderium?
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@thecountryjumper it's actually funny reading the word race mentioned in regards to something Portuguese. Mainly we don't have the same perception of race as in America because we did not have as many slaves in Portugal as the US or Brazil. I am unsure if you have read The voyage of the Beagle by Darwin but he ends his trip shocked at how slaves where treated around South America because in his jolly old England slavery wasn't that much common as in the colonies... This to say the Portuguese perception is still pretty much stuck in old fascist regime propaganda that we where all one nation from Lisbon to Africa, to Macau and East Timor. However it is possible to find reports of slavery by Portuguese land owners up to 1974 in Angola and Mozambique. There are a few people trying to show what slavery was but ultimately the Portuguese people are still stuck in their imperialistic views that lead to the idea that we Portuguese where good colonists... this ofc comes from the fascist regime propaganda that lasted so many decades... Doubt it with your TikTok videos anything will change because the few people that tried to change this where obliterated online.... there was this guy giving African History Tours of Lisbon he was ostracized for not being Portuguese... then there where the discoveries of breeding houses of slaves in central Portugal which was a news report completely shoved under the rug and the investigator that was studying this, lost her scholarship if I'm not mistaken. Lastly you got the slave trade remains in Lagos which is an extremely important find and proves slave trade was alive and kickin in Portugal but then again no one talks about it. Also in conclusion almost all households in southern Portugal had one or two African slaves with the start of the Maritime Expansion. And to those crying that everyone else did slavery... sorry but you miss the point of what was the Transatlantic Slave Trade. The Transatlantic Slave Trade was the first human trafficking where there was a complete dehumanization of the slaves. The Arabs did not do this. The Vikings did not do this. Romans, Greeks and Egyptians did not do this. It was understood the slave to be a man or woman who had lost his liberties but he was still considered a man or woman. The Transatlantic Slave Trade is the first time there is a massive capitalistic mindset on trading slaves and shoving as many as possible inside the ships to sell in the Americas. There is a constant removal of the status of men or women from the slaves as they are considered subhuman and beasts of burden. And no, this never hapenned in history before this time. There are loads of proof on how slaves where treated in Arab countries and how it was almost paradise compared with how African slaves where treated in the colonies. Essentially Portuguese are too knee deep in the far right propaganda and there's not many Africans that can actually do the work of digging the truth out of the history books. And thus the myth of how pristine and good the Portuguese colonist was continues...
" *Also in conclusion almost all households in southern Portugal had one or two African slaves with the start of the Maritime Expansion* " Just this sentence made you loose all your credibility... how on earth such amount of people wouldn't appear in a higher precentage of our DNA...neither in ships cargo records? oh let me guess your answer they went to the Netherlands and never were recorded " *and how it was almost paradise compared with how African slaves where treated in the colonies* " And it gets worse... unbelievable
"The Arabs did not do this"...sorry if you think being a sexual slave is not dehumanizing...they still do it today! But ok go ahead and focus on the past..lets completly ignore the fact that we have evolved in that sense while the arabs still actively engage in a religion that hás the only religious book to allows, incentive and legislate all forma of slavery 😅
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@ I know the truth hurts... there's loads of historical documents proving this. The fact you don't believe it is based on your own dogmas... Do yourself a favor go to University take a degree in History then dive in Torre do Tombo like me and so many others did. I hope your own dogmas won't shadow your sense of reasoning then. Peace out :)
@@nahmend6987 sure a youtube video has more historical credibility than real history. Congrats on proving my point :)
I do believe it is a lot bc of our goverment... Voting now is like choosing if you are gonna be bit by a snake or by a crocodile😐 I did hear that some portuguese ppl are finding it hard to fet low paying jobs bc nowadays thise are being done by foreigners, but thankfully that does not affect a lot of ppl. Ik though that the foreigners get quite the support from the state in things that we should be supported too. Also, likewise in france, here the state places some homeless imigrants in second homes (which are homes owned by somebody who lives in another house), which is not ethical and it puts in jeopardy the owner. Instead, why doesn't the state focuses on the plenty of abandoned houses that we have around the country, finding a solution that is suitable for the owners and giving a new life to that house, housing the ppl that need hones in it?? Disclamer: If there is a legal battle with the house (say... the owner passed away and now every descendant wants it), maybe don't do this...
So true. That's why it is so important to know thyself and have a tribe with equal moral foundation. Hope all went well and you were able to supplement your income.
I could say it in your language but since it's my country history we are taking about I'll say it in portuguese, why? cause I can!😂 Então, nós portugueses temos orgulho na nossa história, porque a nossa história não começa apenas na altura do comércio Transatlântico de escravos, isso é a única coisa que as pessoas sabem sobre nós e ainda por cima acham que sabem mais sobre nós de que nós próprios, em relação a esse assunto, o que é mentira já que nós sim estudamos a nossa história com recurso a documentos oficiais traduzidos do latim e das formas de português antigo dessa altura da história. E então na verdade a nosso primeiro contacto com a escravatura foi no nosso própria península Ibérica aquando da tomada de posse dos árabes, eles que legislam e praticam a escravatura religiosamente e até aos dias de hoje é aceite no livro religioso deles mas aí já ninguém diz nada..., levou cerca de 1000 anos até que o movimento da "RECONQUISTA" expulssásse as comunidades dos Mouros Africanos que eram super violentos com o pessoal Ibérico, mas conseguimos e no processo criou-se Portugal 🇵🇹✝️. Já em relação ao comércio transatlantico de escravos feito pelos portugueses, passo a explicar, o primeiro contacto com essa "mercadoria" e mentalidade foi-nos dada pelo próprio Rei do Congo. O reino do Congo fica ali no meio da África, e já antes dos portugueses chegarem ao Congo já há muitos anos e séculos nós passámos por território africano e não escravizámos ninguém!!! Era algo que nunca passou pela cabeça até essa ideia nos ser apresentada pelo rei do Congo, que tinha um enorme número de prisioneiros de guerra e queria troca-los por armamento português, o Rei do Congo converteu-se ao catolicismo, e até foi batizado! E muitas cartas ele enviáva a Portugal para que enviássemos mais barcos para ele mandar mais prisioneiros porque ele queria mais armamento. (Essas cartas são mantidas até hoje na torre de Lisboa como registos oficiais e prova do acontecido e certos excertos são mostrados e ensinados nos nossos livros de história nas nossas escolas!) Resta dizer que a única razão pela qual os portugueses aceitaram essa proposta do Rei do Congo, é porque queriamos imenso desenvolver o Brasil, mas a população portuguesa na época era de apenas 1 milhão de habitantes e maioria ficou em Portugal e não era o suficiente para ir desenvolver o Brasil, e também os nativos Brasileiros estavam morrendo aos montes, não que os estivesse -mos activamente exterminando como os Brasileiros aprendem nas suas escolas comunistas e fomentadoras de ódio, mas porque os nativos sul americanos não possuiam imunidade contra as doenças comuns europeias e não estavamos entendendo a razão pois a medicina não estava tão desenvolvida na altura. Resta dizer também algo de extrema importância: *NÃO ATRIBUÍMOS AS CULPAS DESSA ESCRAVATURA AO REI DO CONGO, MAS RECONHECE-MOS QUE O MESMO APENAS O FAZIA POR ESTAR ACOSTUMADO A TER QUE LIDAR COM OS ÁRABES QUE A QUALQUER MOMENTO INVADIAM AS REGIÕES DE ÁFRICA E EM VEZ DE DESTRUIREM E ESCRAVIZAREM TODOS O REI DO CONGO JÁ SE PRECAVIA COM OS SEUS PRÓPRIOS PRISIONEIROS COMO MOEDA DE TROCA PARA QUE OS ÁRABES LEVASSEM ESSES PRISIONEIROS COMO ESCRAVOS E DEIXASSEM O SEU REINO EM PAZ
On 1 January, Romania and Bulgaria became full members of the Schengen Area, so that map is no longer correct.
I see your point. I have a problem with the Italians. They colonised Europe with their Roman Empire (most of the known world at the time). They subjugated the indigenous European people and spread their Latin language, culture and governance throughout.
Our history with slavery is that we did it, and we were one of the first nations to ban it.
That was not the question.
@@thecountryjumper You want us to be ashamed our ancestors did? What ridiculous notion. How far back should our shame travel, then? Let's look to the future, instead.
We were also enslaved by the African Moors all of Ibéria was
@@nahmend6987 Should we blame and shame modern day Northern Africans? Of course not, we should live with them peacefully and look to the future together.
Just step over it, it’s meant to drag you down and control you. Just step over it.
One thing I don’t understand with Americans is their issue with slavery. It was a historical fact, and that’s it. Everyone had slaves, all sorts of people have been enslaved. How can someone be sorry for something that happened 500 years ago? Whom can we say sorry to? Should they also say sorry to each other for also enslaving their neighbours and selling each other as slaves to the Spanish and Portuguese when they arrived? There’s nothing to be ashamed about, it happened, it’s history and that’s it, we don’t do a big deal about it in this side of the ocean
Let me guess your race.
This is kind of the same thing as when arabic nations talk about slavery and colonization when they are the only historical peer competitor in slavery and colonization of the european nations. This is because the english speaking world is in the spotlight thats why everyone knows about the racism issues in the US but get shocked when they learn the US isn't even in the top 10s of the most racist countries in the world.
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Infelizmente, existe muita gente historicamente ignorante, em Portugal e no Mundo. Mas reduzir a colonização portuguesa à escravatura não faz sentido. O uso da História como arma política está na moda, mas nem sempre os resultados são os mais coerentes. Já agora, na escola, na disciplina de História, a Escravatura é discutida, como todos os outros temas relacionados com a Expansão ultramarina portuguesa.
The face of ignorante.
Didn't you realise by now each former empire accuse others of being worse? Americans do the same when they talk about spanish empire, English do the same when they talk about Spanish and Deutch empire, Portuguese do the same when they talk about English and Spanish empire... ...and Brazilians pretend they have nothing to do with colonizition, despite the fact that the trade actually increased *after* the independency, to a point almost a million people being brought from Africa in a short period of time.
We are trying to have some moments of peace... way from nagging. Let it be 🙂
Do you happen to be slave or know anyone who is/was a slave ? No ? Than who cares 🤷♂️
Allow me to demonstrate just how & why this argument is simply unsound. 1) Do you happen to be a *murder* 2) Do you know anyone who was *murdered* Therefore who cares?
@ There is 5 murders per 100000 people in USA yearly 330mln/100k = a lot. Still not many slaves in USA 🤷♂️
Spoken like a true white man.
Portuguese have conducted worlds most gruesome mass killings in India. They were the ones who imposed Christianity in Indian regions that they colonized. The did not PREACH christianity politely, they infact had extreme laws and mass killings to convert people to Christianity. In Goa, India there is a pillar in centre of city 'Hathkhamba' which is still present, where people used to be tied and then their hands were chopped off if they did anything to do with Hinduism for any Hindus as well as those Christians who were converted but went back to their Hindu beliefs. Yes but dont think they carried out any slave trade but did have lots of bastard children.
wow..... since your president took over you guys are really making some of the wildest made up stuff I have ever seen
The appalling comments here prove your point.
Yep.
Mudam se os tempos mudam se as vontades, muda se o ser muda se a confianca, todo o mundo é composto de mudanca, tomando sempre novas qualidades. Portuguese are not like US culturally. We do not think the same way, we dont have the same culture or way of thinking. Everyone knows slavery was bad. Unfortunately it still exists. Instead of keep bringing up the past where there is notjing anyone can do but virtual signaling. Maybe go fight modern slavery. Im sure you will help a lot. Ta ta
Well it's there for all to see, just don't do it again K ? It's bad.
No one cares
So you are backing her point. Good job 👏
@@shonehi546tim9 I know right? no one cares.
@@marting7848 trash people don't, you are right
Reconheço a história do meu País e tenho muito Orgulho em ser Português. E adoro a toda a gente, e todos os que venham a ajudar, são bem vindos.
Pronto, tinha de vir a conversa de merda: O cabrão do Terceiro-mundo em peso é bem-vindo, Caso não valham nada isso depois logo se vê.
You might find interesting to look into how Brasil at one point was a part of the kingdom and not a colony. How the royal family just moved to Brasil and ruled from there during the Napoleonic era. How the kingdom split into two separate countries, with the royal family basically splitting in two.
All of Europe (well, all of humanity) has a vast history of slave trading. And all European countries have been traders as well as being the traded. The vast majority of human trading throughout human history has been inner European trading. Africa came very late into the picture on an international scale and was only possible because the African tribes did to their neighbors exactly what Europeans did to theirs. I'm not trying to diminish the pains each individual had to go through, nothing can take that away. Roughly 13 million people have been shipped to the US, and each and everyone was too many. But that number is just a hiccup in comparison to the amounts of inner European and overall global human trading. To put it into another perspective: Everyone did partake in human trading. There's not one nation, not one tribe that didn't, which is horrible in it's own right, but those that won the fights and sold their prisoners quite often also ended up being the sold loser the next time around. If everyone did it, the best solution is simply to acknowledge the wrong of it, stop the practice and aim for peaceful relations. Every tribe and culture has experienced being sold. There's no need or reason to stoke that particular fire again. Instead of looking into the past, maybe look at today. There's currently more than 55 million humans considered slaves around. Getting attention to that is very much more important than putting attention of deeds centuries in the past.
You did minimize it, and whether intentional or not, it's part of the propaganda of othering people, and then the beating of European chests is just a question of time. I am sure the next comment, whether by you or a white knight calling me, woke, will talk about Great Britain fighting against the practice of slavery. So, I have the playbook. You downplay the systemic practice of European slavery that had never been seen before, including today. The inhumanity is nowhere near comparable, but being truly truthful isn't the point, because from here then the evils of the British Empire can be cleasened with ignorance and omission. I can go into Queen Victoria 👸 being the greatest dгцg d3a1er in history, not Pablo Escobar, but you already knew that and of course your next comment was going to address all of evils of the British Empire. I can talk about how the British used South Asians in their front lines as Canon Fodder, and today, those men's descendents are treated like trash on the streets of London while getting called Gr00mers and being beaten to d3aтн after the Guardian reported on the British Governmental findings that the vast majority of cases were done by white men. You have Elon Musk spreading the lie pushed by despicable people like Tommy Robinson. Just to show how merciful I am, I will admit that the British weren't the worst at using their conquered 'subjects' as Canon Fodder, that distinction belongs to the Russians under the banner of Soviet brotherhood. While the poor Central Asian Muslim got to eat some German artillery, the Slavs did the heavy lifting of 'strategizing' far far away from anyone speaking German. Again, this is about framing and the refusal of White European culture, taking true ownership of the past and to understand how it has gotten us to this point. We are still living it in Gaza, but we aren't allowed to say that because it makes us antis... Like I said, on the streets of Moscow, you should see how Uzbeks, Tajiks, and Kazakhs are treated! Shocking stuff, am I not merciful?
You did minimize it, and whether intentional or not, it's part of the propaganda of othering people, and then the beating of European chests is just a question of time. I am sure the next comment, whether by you or a white knight calling me, woke, will talk about Great Britain fighting against the practice of slavery. So, I have the playbook. You downplay the systemic practice of European slavery that had never been seen before, including today. The inhumanity is nowhere near comparable, but being truly truthful isn't the point, because from here then the evils of the British Empire can be cleasened with ignorance and omission. I can go into Queen Victoria 👸 being the greatest dгцg d3a1er in history, not Pablo Escobar, but you already knew that and of course your next comment was going to address all of evils of the British Empire. I can talk about how the British used South Asians in their front lines as Canon Fodder, and today, those men's descendents are treated like trash on the streets of London while getting called Gr00mers and being beaten to d3aтн after the Guardian reported on the British Governmental findings that the vast majority of cases were done by white men. You have Elon Musk spreading the lie pushed by despicable people like Tommy Robinson. Just to show how merciful I am, I will admit that the British weren't the worst at using their conquered 'subjects' as Canon Fodder, that distinction belongs to the Russians under the banner of Soviet brotherhood. While the poor Central Asian Muslim got to eat some German artillery, the Slavs did the heavy lifting of 'strategizing' far far away from anyone speaking German. Again, this is about framing and the refusal of White European culture, taking true ownership of the past and to understand how it has gotten us to this point. We are still living it in Gaza, but we aren't allowed to say that because it makes us antis.... Like I said, on the streets of Moscow, you should see how Uzbeks, Tajiks, and Kazakhs are treated! Shocking stuff, am I not merciful?
@maskharat You did minimize it, and whether intentional or not, it's part of the propaganda of othering people, and then the beating of European chests is just a question of time. I am sure the next comment, whether by you or a white knight calling me, woke, will talk about Great Britain fighting against the practice of slavery. So, I have the playbook. You downplay the systemic practice of European slavery that had never been seen before, including today. The inhumanity is nowhere near comparable, but being truly truthful isn't the point, because from here then the evils of the British Empire can be cleasened with ignorance and omission. I can go into Queen Victoria 👸 being the greatest dгцg d3a1er in history, not Pablo Escobar, but you already knew that and of course your next comment was going to address all of evils of the British Empire. I can talk about how the British used South Asians in their front lines as Canon Fodder, and today, those men's descendents are treated like trash on the streets of London while getting called Gr00mers and being beaten to d3aтн after the Guardian reported on the British Governmental findings that the vast majority of cases were done by white men. You have Elon Musk spreading the lie pushed by despicable people like Tommy Robinson. Just to show how merciful I am, I will admit that the British weren't the worst at using their conquered 'subjects' as Canon Fodder, that distinction belongs to the Russians under the banner of Soviet brotherhood. While the poor Central Asian Muslim got to eat some German artillery, the Slavs did the heavy lifting of 'strategizing' far far away from anyone speaking German. Again, this is about framing and the refusal of White European culture, taking true ownership of the past and to understand how it has gotten us to this point. We are still living it in Gaza, but we aren't allowed to say that because it makes us antis.... Like I said, on the streets of Moscow, you should see how Uzbeks, Tajiks, and Kazakhs are treated! Shocking stuff, am I not merciful?
You did minimize it, and whether intentional or not, it's part of the propaganda of othering people, and then the beating of European chests is just a question of time. I am sure the next comment, whether by you or a white knight calling me, woke, will talk about Great Britain fighting against the practice of slavery. So, I have the playbook. You downplay the systemic practice of European slavery that had never been seen before, including today. The inhumanity is nowhere near comparable, but being truly truthful isn't the point, because from here then the evils of the British Empire can be cleasened with ignorance and omission. I can go into Queen Victoria 👸 being the greatest dгцg d3a1er in history, not Pablo Escobar, but you already knew that and of course your next comment was going to address all of evils of the British Empire. I can talk about how the British used South Asians in their front lines as Canon Fodder, and today, those men's descendents are treated like trash on the streets of London while getting called Gr00mers and being beaten to d3aтн after the Guardian reported on the British Governmental findings that the vast majority of cases were done by white men. You have Elon Musk spreading the lie pushed by despicable people like Tommy Robinson. Just to show how merciful I am, I will admit that the British weren't the worst at using their conquered 'subjects' as Canon Fodder, that distinction belongs to the Russians under the banner of Soviet brotherhood. While the poor Central Asian Muslim got to eat some German artillery, the Slavs did the heavy lifting of 'strategizing' far far away from anyone speaking German. Again, this is about framing and the refusal of White European culture, taking true ownership of the past and to understand how it has gotten us to this point. We are still living it in Gaza, but we aren't allowed to say that because it makes us antis.... Like I said, on the streets of Moscow, you should see how Uzbeks, Tajiks, and Kazakhs are treated! Shocking stuff, am I not merciful?
The total number of Africans shipped to the America's may have been 13 million. Or less. Only a small percentage came to the US or its precursor colonies. Most went to Brazil and to the Caribbean.
This is going to be a long text because, as so often happens, the devil is in the details. 1) When is an invasion called colonization? The present day territory of Portugal was invaded by (non exhaustive list, some names in Portuguese) Romans, Vândalos, Suevos, Alanos, Visigoths, Arabs, and several other people before the Romans. Were we colonized? And who are "we"? Why is there one narrative for when European territories are invaded, and a different narrative for when African territories are invaded? Lets not forget that in any invasion the conquered people were themselves invaders some time in the past. Or were some people in the same place ever since Adam and Eve? History is a flux, there are no "original" inhabitants of any place, it is all a sequence of invasions, massacres, displacement, absorption, etc. 2) How long does occupation have to last for it not to be considered colonization? The Portuguese occupied some of the present day territories of Guiné, Angola and Mozambique for more than 450 years. The USA has been an independent country only since 1776. By then The Portuguese had been in Angola for over 200 years! The Italians conquered some bits of Africa, and were expeled 70 years later. The places the Italians conquered had a written language and a recorded written history. The Portuguese were in Africa for over 450 years, and writing had never even been invented in the places they conquered (no writing south of the Sahara). Are the Italian and Portuguese presence in Africa comparable? Can they both be described using the same terms? 3) Slavery has always existed in human history until it was made illegal by the Europeans. Why are the people who ended slavery vilified? Because while they were slavers (as most everybody else was, including the Africans) they were extremely efficient at it? Well, the Europeans were efficient in most everything they did, industry, agriculture, commerce, slavery... 4) Brazilian Portuguese - The differences between PT and BR Portuguese are on a totally different level to the differences between UK and USA English. The problem with Brazil is that it has an appalingly low level of literacy. Portuguese verbs are too complex for most Brazilians and they therefore simplify them. The language 98% of Brazilians speak is adequate enough to discuss whether you want to go to the beach or to the cinema, but it is a language that is useless when you want to discuss the differences between the philosophies of Kierkegaard and Nietzsche (or even much simpler issues, but ones requiring precision). Think of the Jamaican patois that you hear in reggae music and you'll be close... I don't want my son to dumb down the language he speaks to the level of English reggae lyrics. 5) Brazil as a colony. If Brazil was a colony then so was the Algarve. Neither were ever called a colony. After the conquest of the Algarve the title of the king of Portugal changed to King of Portugal and the Algarve, and later on the name of the country changed to "Reino Unido de Portugal Brasil e Algarves" (United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves). Algarve became plural after we conquered some bits of Morocco, which was also considered to be "Algarve". There was even a period when the capital of the United Kingdom was actually in Rio de Janeiro... Oh, and by the way, most slave traffic happened directly between Africa and Brazil without even touching European Portugal, and it obviously continued after Brazil became an independent nation. If reparations are to be paid Brazil is going to owe Angola a lot of money. Even more so because the Brazilians are the true descendents of most of the slavers, not the present day Portuguese.
The language is quite diferent and it is sad to see that, as a lot of things on the internet are in brazilian portuguese. Thanks to that, portuguese ppl are losing their language, their culture. Kids now speak more in a brazilian way due to mainly watching things on yt in that language. Also, i have seen some ppl in my class writing in a brazilian way. College. We are in COLLEGE, for god sake😂 Also, despite being nice, some brazilians disrupt peace (i jad neighbours who, for three years, during summertime, would go out to our street and blast out music while having churrascos. I have had SEVERAL mental breakdowns while trying to study for my final exams thanks to that. I used to bring my own speaker out and blast my own music bc i don't like funk a lot😂) and some are quite entitled. But i have also found some nice brazilians, who i befriended❤ Also, during the reddit flag 2024 competition, portugal and brazil allied and, in the area that conected both flags, they made among us hearts with the two flags together❤ It goes borh ways bc they are in EVERY comment section trolling portuguese ppl saying "where's our gold?" and there are also some portuguese ppl who are flat out karens to our brothers, the brazilians. Plz, educate yourself on the whole portuagl vs brazil internet thing as soon as you can, as you'll get an in dept notion on how both countries battle each other😂 Conversationally, imo we just don't talk about it bc it is a bad thing in our past and we completely changed...until you go to the internet. A lot of us just don't talk about it, as i said, but i have seen here and there a few black sheep that makes me question if we live in the same country in the same year😤 But, yeah, we are taught a lot about it in school ngl that is done right.
Is that you *Trump* ??? Same talking points...different country
@ trump is not an intelligent man...at all. What he has are the skills of a grifter/conman. He's excellent at those and that seems to be enough for him. but he is not remotely intelligent....
You have to try leitão da mealhada❤
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Bad drivers ? Ubers are frequently foreigners driving and many don't respect much the transit rules. Our fault anyway! But I guess you never been in Italy driving!
I've driven all over the world. The Portuguese are up there with bad drivers. Nothing to do with Ubers...
@@thecountryjumper I drive all around the world and that's not true, just your opinion
I agree with most. I find it funny how many take it so personal. If you guys go to live to the US you'd also state what you don't like, and that doesn't mean you don't like it as a whole, but you have to learn to take critic. And no, I'm not American. I'm from Spain and find a whole ton of things I don't like about my own country.
Thanks for sharing
Portuguese are very kind and warm compared to other european countries. Aggressive driving is related to road state and not to the country. If roads are built like in the US at least in the 90s, the aggressive driver will learn to be less aggressive.
Aggressive driving is not related to the road at all, it's related to both the personality and the soft penalties. I know because my country used to be like that, and stiff penalties fixed that. It took 2 generations, but mostly worked.
Also, most highways in Portugal are better than US highways. Local roads are another story, but you hear all the time about freak accidents in highways for excessive speed and aggressive driving.
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