beowulf
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You should check around more.
A lot of different places offer people a better life.
That is true - but even when most of them get where they want to be, they have limited opportunities to do anything but survive. And lots of them leave because their country is getting chewed up by war. And leaving is a lot better than dying. In the US, immigrants actually succeed and can move up the ladder through hard work and pure guts.
And to respond to another post: "That is most preposterous. Virtually all OECD countries have in-migration, and the G7 (plus Australia) have the most in-migration. It is also an insult to suggest it is hard for Canadians, Australians, Brits, Francophones, etc to move up the socio-economic ladder. As an example, the vast majority of the Top 100 in Canada (in wealth) is based on new money"
Having in-migration is not the same as having people willing to die to get into those countries. And I never mentioned Australians, Canadians, and whatever Francophones are (new type of cell phone??) - I did point out England because it is extremely hard for lower class working folks to have their children attend universities. There is a definite pyramid that takes a lot of fighting to climb.
As to Bill Gates - yes, I agree, his family is wealthy, but they had nothing to do with his success with Microsoft. It's not like some of the other old money families that will buy businesses or positions for their children. So I do believe he is totally self-made.