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aristotels · 1 month

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I would love to hear an extended rant about being an artist in a periphery country, if you're willing to say more.

sorry for this being late! but yes there are quite a few things to this.

1) EDUCATION/JOB OFFERINGS

when you are from a periphery country, the art education accessible to you is much worse than in the imperial core. yes, i know, you dont need to go to art school, you can be self-taught, you dont need a degree, but art school is about making potential job connections. in a country like croatia, you do not have access to those connections. you do not have ability to go out, show your portfolio, get reccommended by a professor for a listing. the education is stunted as well - the animation program here is atrocious, my building had an attic with dead pigeon corpses littering the room, there are no drawing tablets, computers are old, the building is leaking, but the lack of ability to make professional connections is the main concern.

also, your degree? people hear you got a degree from a balkans land and you are immediately less worthy in their eyes. your name, which is not anglo? crossed out, despite your skills. job offerings within your country? good luck, everyone lives in poverty, you are underpaid, and studios hiring can be named on fingers of one hand. you are left with earning online.

and you are left with earning illegally. making author contracts with pdv, taxes, etc is incredibly complicated when working over upwork, doing commissions etc. this does constitute as black market. we do not hand in our taxes like in the usa, theyre deducted from our salaries and contracts immediately. this means you are missing out on potential grants and statuses which require you to provide papers of your commissions. it also means that transfering money over paypal has to go into small amounts to your own account, to avoid suspicious activity.

2) ART TOOLS ACCESIBILITY

a thing that is very frustrating. living in a periphery country? good luck getting anything. art shops are scarce. art shops do not carry the same amounts of items, and they are more expensive than in their mother countries. you are left with office supply stores. the quality of accessible paints and other tools is lower. its already been proven that products shipped to eastern europe are of lower quality and higher price than in the west; and this goes for paints too.

this means that, if you do traditional art of any kind, you are left with shopping online. this includes shipping - youre in a periphery country? congrats, often it does not ship to it, or the shipping is atrocious. your choices? mostly deutschland amazon - every item has 10€ shipping minimum. prices are not adjusted to your salary, they are adjusted to the german ones, which are much higher. i have to regularly order fillings for my brushpen. it is not available in my country. the price on amazon is significantly higher than on pentel website, and their usa based shipping. yes, just the price of the product. pentel does not ship this to my country btw. aliexpress is what you have, it takes 2 months to arrive, is frequently lost in mail, and even with it being cheaper - its still a bit more expensive than the original.

3) ALGORITHM, SOCIAL MEDIA

this is the third thing - algorithm works against you if you are not from the imperial core. of course, there are timezones, but also - your posts tend to be shown to people who live around you; meaning you have harder time breaking into the international market, and that market is the only viable one.

4) BEING PAID LESS

being eastern european (or asian or southern american or african or...) gets you lower salary. i indeed love my employers, i adore the comic i work on so much that its become my own project as well, theyve been nothing but kind to me - but the fact remains that i, as an eastern european, am and will always be paid much less than my usamerican counterparts.

5) JOB OPPORTUNITIES, ONCE AGAIN, ENGLISH LANGUAGE

adding this but: its hard to break into cartoon network/adult swim/etc without being presently there. you cannot get to conventions, you cannot have your portfolio checked, and you must speak english. yes. anglos take english-speaking for granted, and fail to realize that actually speaking english for us is not a privilege, its a necessity, and its a tool of imperialism. it is unfair that you cannot do ANYTHING without speaking english. you cannot get jobs, you cannot advance your career, and while i personally speak english quite well, not everyone does, not everyone should have to.

anyway sorry for the length

#txt #artists on tumblr #eastern europe #imperialism #usa imperialism #marxism #marxist leninist #socialism #communism #ask

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sugas6thtooth · 4 months

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If you didn't know, the Houthi Militia/Rebel Group have been responsible for preventing resources from entering Israel. I suggest keeping an eye on Yemen, especially because they are facing consequences from the western nations for supporting Palestine. 🇵🇸 🇾🇪

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ladymelisande · 28 days

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USA decides to commit genocide and send their political agents to Argentina every time they feel 'threatened' by our 'relationship' with China (AKA mostly selling meat 🙄). They screamed how they are the 'free world' and that Argentina had to choose the 'free world' or 'the world of the slaves' as they aren't the ones that destroyed Latin America by ordering facist and genocidal governments on us.

They are not only the most rotten, disgusting and hypocritical nation in the planet, but they are also fucking cowards. Always threatened by any country they consider less having a moderately better life quality. It's always them and their cowardice. Cagones.

#argentina #usa imperialism #'what do we do if Argentina makes weaaaapons?'#why do you care? do you have dirty laundry about us? did you give us reason to hate you?#you give every fucking country IN THE PLANET reasons to fucking hate you

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jloisse · 3 months

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🔴 Cette infographie de Sputnik donne à voir les pays du Moyen-Orient 🇰🇼 🇶🇦 🇧🇭 🇮🇶 🇦🇪 🇯🇴 🇸🇦 🇸🇾 🇴🇲 dans lesquels les États-Unis 🇺🇸 ont installé leurs bases militaires, ainsi que leurs effectifs.

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fandomshatepeopleofcolor · 6 months

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Yes, what controls the world is US and UK imperialism especially US imperialism. 99% of the wars, conflicts, military coups are directly influenced/supported by them and many were CREATED by them. While the US creates so much pain in the Middle West, Latin America and Asia, the UK royal family has 15 countries as colonies.

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#usa imperialism #uk imperialism #neocolonialism

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never-was-has-been · 9 months

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Caitlin writes a lot of good informative blogs; But this one is especially important regarding media bias but in addition, high criticism of the United States and its empiricist policies that restrict or censor any alternative voices that speak out about the United States and its empiricist war-mongering policies.

#caitlin johnstone #substack.com #notes from the edge of the narrative matrix #USA imperialism

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fiapple · 6 months

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#palestine #usa #untied states #united states of america #imperialism #usa imperialism #colonialism #genocide #Youtube

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streets-in-paradise · 4 months

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Whatever distopias Hollywood imagines to horrorize usamericans in media had already happened in Latín America.

-The Handmaid's Tale was Operation Condor

-The algorithm to systematically genocide political opositors and reshape society in nazi ideals from " Captain America: The Winter Soldier" was also Operation Condor forcing neoliberalism on us.

The nightmares are very real in the sides of the world they colonize

#colonialism #usa imperialism #latin america #the handmaid's tale #captain america the winter soldier

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shoujoboy-restart · 1 year

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From @/arguablysomaya on TikTok

#Syria #syrian #syria earthquake #sanctions #syrian sanctions #usa imperialism #north american imperialism #free syria #end the sanctions

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undertoweyes · 1 year

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Today is the day where all of Latin America sing the only and one prayer: DEATH TO AMERICA!!!

Go Iran and burn those Yankees de mierda!!

#usa imperialism #american imperialism #iran vs usa #islamic republic of iran #iran football #hoje é dia de queimar a bandeira dos EUA #united states #usa #latam #latin america #world cup #these people shouldn’t been even allowed in the World Cup #they don’t even know how to spell correctly the name of the sport

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kropotkindersurprise · 2 months

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February 28, 2024 - American military veterans burn their uniforms calling for a free Palestine, at a vigil for Aaron Bushnell in Portland, Oregon. [source]

#aaron bushnell #free palestine #palestine #solidarity #veterans #usa #martyrs #memorial #video #2024 #portland #oregon #genocide #occupation #israel #apartheid #military #anti-imperialism #anti-militarism

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scarlethyena · 8 months

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I fucking hate the United States moodboard

#scarletposts #anti america #marxist leninist #communism #anti imperialism #anti colonialism #fuck the usa

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violottie · 2 months

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Western imperialism and colonialism never ends.

Absolutely no humanitarian need for an American port. So why build one?

1) establish permanent military presence in Gaza

2) look good to get votes

3) access to gas reserves off coast of Gaza

4) advance ethnic cleansing. from Khaled Beydoun, 10/Mar/2024:

#fuck america #fuck the west #fuck the usa #anti imperialism #anti colonialism #palestine #free palestine #gaza #free gaza #from the river to the sea palestine will be free #i stand with palestine #rafah #save rafah #this is genocide #america is committing genocide #israel is committing genocide #genocide joe #democrats

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witchywitchy · 4 months

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I hate it when some Americans make something such as the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians about their shitty politicians or themselves. "wELL iF pEoPle jUSt VOted fOr tRUMp-"

THEY ALL SUCK, MY DUDE! ALL. OF. THEM.

Not a single American president helped/was even willing to help any of the countries they DELIBERATELY destroyed and destabilized! Y'all are fools if you think the US is a democratic or a 'civilized' country. The US is just another fascist and imperialist country with glitter on top. No matter who's in power, that person actively participates in multiple genocides in the world! It's not about you, an American, most likely white citizen who's living in safety and doesn't have to worry about being bombed/killed any second. Stop making it about you and your shitty presidents that never do anything to actually help.

If the people in power's aim is not to decolonize Palestine and stop meddling in ANY Middle Eastern affairs, or any country's affairs actually, THEY'RE NOT GOOD! No one needs to be 'saved' by the US. Wanna know why? Because the US doesn't want to save anyone! They see a chance to exploit a country, and they take it and pretend they're 'saving' the 'oppressed'.

The US has the blood of millions of innocent men, women, and children on its hands!

Anyone who tries to defend the US government or any of the fascists they call presidents will simply be blocked. I stand by what I said.