There are, not just residents, also citizens in abject poverty. There are charities run by volunteers that request people to donate basic items like food, clothes, shoes etc. and food. Rarely met anybody that is open to talking about it openly. Many people get stuck in boorocrazy!
PART IFinnGuyHelsinki wrote: ↑Sat Nov 19, 2022 8:03 pmThe purpose of a country, any country, is to first and foremost act for the benefit of its own citizens. If you think otherwise, please explain why?
To what extent may a country act in the interest of its own citizens? ::
Colonialism? Slavery? Trafficking? War? Murder? Exploitation for immigrant workers? Racism? After all each of these did/ do benefit the citizens of the colonial power. So, what is the limit?
'Blind' patriotism, nationalism, and other synonyms :: Taking pride of being born in a country, skin, or any birthright privilege, where one had no choice, will, role, or even power to influence.
Every country can set the standards, the standards need to be fair. Immigration is of different types:FinnGuyHelsinki wrote: ↑Sat Nov 19, 2022 8:03 pmIf yes, it is prudent of the country to set preferred standards for the people immigrating on a permanent basis. If you think otherwise, please explain why?
- 1. Family reunification (love, marriage)
- The closet one with an obligation to honor their chosen country, since they chose to move here e.g. IF they are married to a native.
- 2. Humanitarian (e.g. refugee, asylum etc.)
- Humanitarian immigrants may chose to be grateful but are not mandated to do so. E.g. if they have been driven out of their countries due to war, but then they move to a country that is sponsoring or part of the war that forced them to leave their homelands in the first place. They are not immigrants by choice, and cannot be forced e.g. to love a country that has destroyed their homeland.
- 3. Economic: Skills against jobs.
- Economic immigrants are not true immigrants in the sense that they are not immigrating because they want to be part of a nation, they come skills-against-money.
They have NOT taken on a moral binding or obligation on themselves to pay for the country's welfare needs at the cost of ignoring their own loved ones, e.g. at least their parents
- Economic immigrants are not true immigrants in the sense that they are not immigrating because they want to be part of a nation, they come skills-against-money.
So what if the person being worked against is a citizen? E.g. let's assume a young worker moves here, in due time becomes a citizen, but then has the burden of his aging and lone parent? Does acquiring the citizenship contractually mandate that they forego their parents? Chapter and clause to that commitment?