So is a very weird mix in Catalonia, Spain, Romania or everywhere else. People migrate due to economic reasons mainly, they work for less, do not speak the local language in many cases, do not care about the local culture, they just want to make a buck. Others come in for holidaying, to consume the tribe. Some locals take advantage of them, abuse the migrants at times, make money off of tourists, then complain about them, and so forth.

They start to blame each other and in the process the visual and cultural differences are easy targets: those Mexicans stealing our jobs, those dirty Gypsies, those stupid brown people, the Romanian thieves, the arrogant British tourists!

What is clear is that if people were to have a decent life, the Catalans, the Gypsies, the Mexicans, the Romanians and the rest, then there will be a lot less people migrating and “stealing” the locals’ jobs or committing crimes, and thus less of this forced mixing of cultures. Less consumerism, and thus less tourism, less short term rentals. And if people were not to be workers for most of the year, then them holidaying could be more spread-out through the year, not creating the insane tsunami of tourists in July-August in all of Spain, and probably all over the world.

In essence, it is not the fault of the Catalans, or the immigrants, or my fault, or anyone’s fault. It is this society that transforms us into consuming working idiots who then mix and clash with each other.

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Look, if I were to live in this town, in this tribe, and I speak this language. I grow up here. Is not paradise, but is ok. I know some people, some shops where I buy food from, I have a life routine. Then some people from other tribes come here, they do not speak the local language (the only one I know), they may sell drugs on the streets, make a bit of a mess, are loud and different…I will get bothered! It is normal. Let alone if they come in with all sorts of crazy ideas like religion…it may feel like a nightmare to me. We have to understand this aspect too.

But also the fact that the vast majority of immigrants are going to integrate and are as good or bad as the locals. Only a minority of immigrants go on to commit crimes, especially violent ones. And broadly, the crimes committed by immigrants are a mix of political and media exaggeration, socio-economic pressures, police practices, discrimination, etc..

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Ironically when Romania became part of the EU some 20 years ago, many poor Romanians “invaded” the other EU countries to make a living, just like my family did. And with it came a lot of crimes since these Romanians were desperate to make money, and could not easily get good jobs abroad, didn’t know other languages, and so forth, therefore stealing, scamming, and lying were efficient tools to make a quick buck. And so for many years “Romanians” were the “Gypsies” of Europe. You would feel a bit ashamed to say that you are Romanian, since many thought of them as thieves and scammers. Same Romanians discriminating against Gypsies. The irony…

But now that less and less Romanians are engaging in these “acts of making a quick buck” and more and more have “real jobs” and a better life in Europe, the hate and discrimination against Romanians kinda faded away.

Irony again: People from Pakistan and India started to migrate to Romania for a better wage. Considering Romania has some of the lowest, if not the lowest wages in Europe, I am shocked anyone would migrate there for making money. But well, since now the Pakistani and Indians can work for even less than the Romanians, often for food delivery services, there seem to be an anger against these “brown intruders” who take our jobs and do not speak our language or care about our culture. Such an irony.

See how the pressures from our Trade Based society change who we see as the “others”, the bad ones, the dirty, the uneducated?

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The truth is that a lot, if not most culture clashes happen because of our Trade Based Society. People are forced into migrating from one part to another on this semi-round rock. Combine that with the fact that most such humans are specialized workers who know little about the world or have no time to learn, and the mix is as good as putting 100 crying babies in one tiny room. Or 20 snakes, 30 goats, 2 lions, 23 alligators, and 14 otters. Plus 200 rats. Same room. You can even keep the crying babies there for fun.

I came to Catalonia because my parents were so poor they had to leave Romania and come work as slaves almost, in this Catalonian “paradise”. Better paid yes, but also overworked, illegal working contracts, badly treated.

When I came to Catalonia I did not care about their culture, or language. I didn’t even know they speak Catalan and not Spanish. As far as I knew, I came to Spain. I had no idea about Catalonia’s history, or Spain’s history, or anything else. I came here because of socio-economic pressures and was here to try to have a better life for myself and my family.

Do you think my father would give a flying fuck about the Catalan Culture when he was working 6-7 days a week, 12 hours a day? Look how he looked, like a zombie.

And we know countless people in very similar situations who came to Catalonia because of the same poverty reasons. From Europe, South America, Africa…

Is not easy to leave your family in Romania, let alone Africa, and come work in Catalonia in the tourism industry, or in a field somewhere picking up apples. This is hardly a choice…If these people would have had a good life in their tribes, for sure they would have stayed there.

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