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frequentlyme · 70-79, M
If it's refugees, it's all a matter of location and ease of access to any particular country. If I'm in let's say Iraq, it's much easier to sneak into Europe than say, the United States. If it's legal immigration, whether permanent or temporary (for work or education), then the United States has the highest number of immigrants. It also changes over time, as political climates change, etc.
@frequentlyme Excellent. Thank you.
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summersun · 36-40, F
@puck61 false hopes could mean different things. Expectations and reality gives people false hope too. Some people go to first world countries thinking there are better opportunities there, they leave their 'okay' life in the hopes to find better ones. They sell their houses because they got sold into thinking that there are better opportunities in other cou tries even if there really isnt. The existence of livelihoods in one country does not necessily guarantee better opportunities, it only means existence of opportunities. Hence, false hopes.
@summersun Fair enough. The USA is the hardest working country in the world because of the 'imported' work ethic. The Vietnamese were set up in the Shrimping industry for a good reason. It still supports the idea that getting to the United States is a good idea, and not "false hope" though.
Graylight · 51-55, F
If you're talking about the US, don't confuse a people with its government. Travelers to the states would hate being lumped into their leaders' policies the same way many of us would hate to be viewed as complicit with Trump's idiocy (and by complicit I don't mean "being a force for good").
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
GunSmoke9 · 56-60, M
Maybe because they still see us as a great country. Maybe those Americans that hate America should leave.
katielass · F
Because we're not really hated, they're jealous.
MartinTheFirst · 26-30, M