FridaySteve@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Spend my dollars on an apartment and a house cleaner, start networking with other folks, get a job. It’s not hard.
I wonder what people in this thread think the third world is, and what they imagine living there is like.
It’s not like there’s a clear answer. I guess technically Sweden is a third world county, while North Korea is second world. And America is as first world as it gets, and it’s a fucking shithole.
The phrase has been corrupted from its cold war origins to mean (putting it politely) the “developing world”. Whereas I’ve moved countries seven times, I’ve seen a lot of places, and I can say from experience that outside of specific prejudicial circumstances (being a woman in Iran, Uyghur Muslim in China, being anyone in North Korea, for example) there are paths to success everywhere.
Yeah, in general if you have a good starting point anywhare not affected by tyranny, war, or genocide you’ll be alright. Behind a veil of ignorance there’s a whole lot of developing countries I’d go to before I’d risk being poor in the United States.
Compounding that is the notion of privilege, which exists. I’m a cisgendered white male with a university degree and I speak English natively, I don’t have a persistent mental illness or a chronic disease, and I don’t have a physical handicap. The deck is stacked in my favor no matter where I am in the world. Taking away enforced regulations on housing, employment, and banking makes things easier for me, not harder. It’s way, way, way different if you belong to a group with less social power.
protist@mander.xyz 6 hours ago
It’s cute you think you’d still have access to dollars in this scenario
FridaySteve@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
It’s cute that you assume I wouldn’t. OP never said anything about that.
DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 5 hours ago
You had a bit of access issue tho.
Like… do you have it as cash on you at all times?
Your, now-former, country’s border agents could just seize it as you’re exiting.
If its in a bank, they have an even easier time seizing it.
FridaySteve@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
You should have said that. If I can’t access banks, it’s a way different picture.