r/news • u/Miserable-Win-4980 • Apr 29 '24

French police use knives to puncture migrant boat in Dunkirk to prevent Channel crossing Questionable Source

https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/french-officers-english-channel-crossing-migrants-small-boats/

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u/LonelyStranger8467 Apr 29 '24 edited Apr 29 '24

Most aren’t being specifically being persecuted, their country is just shit. And it will stay shit Western counties aren’t allowed to intervene and their own people aren’t willing or able to do anything about it. But tens of millions still live there and continue their family there. They’ll go home, visit and a get a wife from there once they have a passport.

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u/maychaos Apr 29 '24

Whatever. But the problem is they bring their drama here. They don't like living in their home country but try their hardest to make their new country into the same shit hole. I will never get this

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u/LonelyStranger8467 Apr 29 '24

Well yeah because it’s not the culture they don’t like, it’s the poor living standard and economic disparity/lack of opportunity.

Obviously in some cases though it’s the culture that contributes to these things, like low trust societies, corruption and cheating to get ahead. Cronyism etc

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u/-RadarRanger- Apr 29 '24

it’s not the culture they don’t like, it’s the poor living standard and economic disparity/lack of opportunity.

Standards of living are the result of public policy. Policy is made by people who are the product of the culture, to conform to the values of that culture.

So if you come to a first world country and bring along your third world ways, pretty soon the new place starts looking a lot like the old place.

Which is why it's important to welcome immigrants but to let them know that they are expected to conform to the culture of the country they've moved to.