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> how little opportunity there really is. It's called the yellow Sun effect. Superman, an alien who is born for the red Sun of Krypton gets superpowers under t
by splintercell 4y ago
> how little opportunity there really is.
It's called the yellow Sun effect. Superman, an alien who is born for the red Sun of Krypton gets superpowers under the yellow Sun of earth.
As an immigrant, everything feels an easy mode (once you've paid your dues). The other side of this is that when you are from here, you grew up on easy mode, so it just feels like 'normal mode', which gets difficult the moment things go a bit difficult.
I have seen 2 BD apartments in NYC with 3-4 Asian families living there, and they still would rather be there than back home. While you think there's little opportunity (probably because those 3 families purchased that 2bd apartment for $700k which you want for your 2.5 kids family, and you can't afford it), whereas for them its opportunities everywhere.
- jacquesm 4y agoThis is quite true. Immigrants are more than willing to do what they can so that their kids have a better shot at life than they did, and the effect of that is that they will outperform the locals with great ease. But the second generation is not going to be made of the same stuff, they tend to be soft. And in extreme cases end up being either statists or right wing because they find that they are more afraid of new entrants spoiling their easy lives by association. It's a weird case of pulling up the ladder behind you, and I never understood any of this.