2016-07-31T07:16:54Z https://www.equaltimes.org/surviving-is-not-a-crime-barcelona#comment96884 2016-07-31T07:16:54Z

<p>Sorry @guymisson but anyone can be an annoying obstacle if you are annoyed, so in the streets of barcelona already full of tourists it's interesting that you're annoyed specifically at those without rights. No huge president or leader has contracted super carriers to move all the 3bn poor to where you are, it's happening naturally as people flee war and poverty - also due to climate change and pollution, and bad practice caused by colonisation - which is also interesting as the manteros are usually to be found near the statue of columbus at the bottom of la rambla. You are arguing that it's fairer that these people stay in countries where things are falling apart - so basically you are saying you ugly annoying obstacles in my way why don't you die where you are. Which sounds like racism. Have you thought about your racist side? We all have a little racist inside. Maybe time to get your little anarchist out to have a chat with it. Maybe then you'll be less annoyed with people and more able to understand them and maybe even help them. The one who suffers your annoyance most is yourself. Meanwhile, the coloniser countries of the last centuries suffer the karma they created when they went and destroyed these "developing" countries, and will have to recieve seas of people fighting for survival that will make this seem like nothing in future. This is harsh but it still is more just, and ultimately better for these places, than all the poverty out of sight across the world, while you continue to live in some kind of upwardly mobile expat bubble which one day will pop.</p>

2016-04-25T15:55:34Z https://www.equaltimes.org/surviving-is-not-a-crime-barcelona#comment96826 2016-04-25T15:55:34Z

<p>These Manteros are not only creating annoying obstacles in the already crowded streets of the tourists' areas of Barcelona, or uglifying a city that lives in good part on tourism, but are also hurting the profits of small retailers who pay rent, taxes, licences and salaries. The manteros emphasise that they do not want to bring any harm to society; they just want to work. But this a city with 20% of unemployment: is it fair or even reasonable to come to Barcelona, or Spain, to work, particularly when with their illegal trade they are hurting some employees and small businesses? Almost half the world — over 3 billion people — live on less than $2.50 a day: is moving all these people to the rich world a feasible solution?</p>