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Except at that time migration was a relatively hard process and quite time consuming so those who migrated had interest in migrating there to conduct business.
by chucke1992 2y ago
Except at that time migration was a relatively hard process and quite time consuming so those who migrated had interest in migrating there to conduct business. Not just to come to the streets paved with gold.
For the last 20 years across the whole western world we have seen that despite having more migrants than ever, the cities are not becoming cleaner or more vibrant - but rather everything goes backwards.
Ancient empires, early 20th century USA etc. succeeded not due to migration but due to government and people willing to work for the government to make it more successful.
- vasco 2y agoAnd expensive. In many cases if you were poor you needed to be hardworking or already semi successful at business to afford emigration. Plus you'd really get cut off from everything you left behind. Has nothing to do with today's emigration that probably equates to moving to a different town in the same country back then.
- chucke1992 2y agoYeah. It is basically coming to streets paved with gold - "I will come here and will have access to more services and things to do. There are lot of friends and compatriots".
- ZuckMusk 2y agoHere migrants should not be blamed but the system And old empire became successful because of colonialism and exploitation.
- Biologist123 2y agoHey, didn’t you respond on quite an insightful comment which subsequently disappeared? Any idea what happened to it?