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by titanomachy 6 days ago
Americans didn’t invent the term or the concept of “expat”, colonial Europeans have been doing it in Africa and Asia for centuries.
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I don't see the parent comment saying that we did invent it.
*Brits

EDIT: Don't get me wrong, my European nation did a lot of bad shit, but don't put the idea of an "expat" on us.

A million French moved to Algeria