We are not talking GDP here, but the average person in the street. Most Westerners live in reasonable accommodation, whether they own or rent. In many Asian countries, they live in slums, often overcrowded, and work for peanuts.
In Bangladesh, we saw how many of the workers live day to day. No self respecting Westerner would even consider living like that. Imagine thirty dirty smelly people crammed in to an abode design to house only a quarter of that number, and expecting to work machines knocking out clothing for all the big labels in tatty factories on the verge of collapse.
I know the west has a poor element, but even our poor are far richer than the poor in some Asian countries.
Remember that India is probably one of the wealthiest countries in the world, yet has one of the highest counts of poor, with many living in squalor.
China may be a main player in the world market, yet their people are just about surviving.
I don't consider my posts lengthy at all. If you are going to say something, say it properly. If you are having trouble with the length of my post, you may have an attention deficit issue that might need medical attention. After all, if you read just one article in a news paper, it would have a higher word count than my own post.
Now, why do so many Asians move from countries like Vietnam, Cambodia, China, Afghanistan and Iraq/Iran to live in the West? Is it because they want a better quality of life which our countries can offer them? Maybe we should question the leadership of those countries to determine why so many are emigrating.
We have created a sort of utopia, where people can realise their dreams, and this is the big attraction.
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