• AlexWIWA
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    1 year ago

    These kinds of questions, aimed at any ideology, will result in a “no” for the average person unless they can take their friends and families with them.

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      1 year ago

      To be fair, a lot of people have left their families behind to leave Europe and enter the US.

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        The bulk of that immigration happened in the 19th and early 20th century when European countries were the most capitalistic and economically stratified.

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          Economically stratified, absolutely. Capitalistic, though? Most European immigration to the Americas happened when kings and queens still wielded absolute power.

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        1 year ago

        I feel like a lot of redditors are joining because I see a lot of down votes but only one response.

        Yes that is true, but the average person in those countries in the 1800’s was starving which changes things a lot.

        I took your question as “people living in the US or Europe, would you move to a socialist country” so the average person in that would not be starving, so family and friends matter more.