While true, and I am hardly a simp for laws and political climate in the US, for me the key distinction is that in the US (and other liberal democracies) you at least have the agency to do something to improve your situation.
Those who have not lived under oppressive authoritarian regimes don’t have the lived-through perspective of hopelessness that comes from knowing your hands are bound, and there’s not much you can do to get out of the situation, outside of migrating to another country.
Now the reality for regulatory capture and smooth talking politicians convincing people to vote against their best interests in the West may not in reality result in really personal agency, the mere prospect of being allowed to do something about your situation itself is a powerful motivator.
My life will never get better and I live in hell, fuck off with your “you at least have the agency to do something to improve your situation.” There’s nothing I can fucking do either!
You only have agency if you have money. I will never retire unless I take out a 9mm plan.
I wonder what the net worth and “business” background of these migrants is.
Canada for example got a wave of migrants from Hong Kong after 1997, most of them private business owners and wealthy individuals who didn’t want their capital to be “oppressed.”
There’s a really tragic documentary where a similar thing happens to young kids from Central America so they do the trek up alone because they are essentially just believing Hollywood propaganda lies about the US.
Do you think China is a hermit kingdom and no one there watches anything that isn’t approved by the state? Get real lol that shit is unenforceable in a developed country like China
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