A better questions is, why the fuck do so many people want to go to the same country that’s responsible for fucking theirs up so bad, that they don’t want to live there anymore? It’s like Stockholm syndrome.
Because they’re just trying to survive and provide for their family, and don’t spend all their time on the internet making memes about the socioeconomic impacts of foreign government agencies?
for a long time america has been portrayed as the shining beacon of freedom, democracy, and opportunity. it was also a country where some amount of (white) people working one job per family got to live comfortably for a while. wouldn’t surprise me if despite all the horrors of imperialism some people still think american life is good.
A better questions is, why the fuck do so many people want to go to the same country that’s responsible for fucking theirs up so bad, that they don’t want to live there anymore? It’s like Stockholm syndrome.
Because they’re just trying to survive and provide for their family, and don’t spend all their time on the internet making memes about the socioeconomic impacts of foreign government agencies?
Because they know they won’t fuckup their own country. That wouldn’t make any sense….right …right?
It’s a bit of a fucking trek to Canada.
for a long time america has been portrayed as the shining beacon of freedom, democracy, and opportunity. it was also a country where some amount of (white) people working one job per family got to live comfortably for a while. wouldn’t surprise me if despite all the horrors of imperialism some people still think american life is good.
America fucked them over and used all their wealth to become one of the best places to live. If anything it’s kind of their birth right.
People go where resources are concentrated / hoarded. It makes sense to go to where the fruits of your exploited labor ended up.
Yeah, people moving to the UK from former colonies for the same reason.
money maybe?
Hopefully? To lynch the rich fucks that took from them.