dagorkan said:
DarkUnderlord said:
Wyrmlord said:
Expecting them to also conform to the Anglo-American culture is an unequal imposition.
Then why did they go to America? Culture is the single most important thing a country (or society) has. Clearly their own culture resulted in them not having well-paying jobs, it resulted in them deciding to leave their home country for a better place. That "better place" only remains better if you accept and adopt its culture. If you bring your culture with you, then you start turning that "better place" into "back home" and remember... You left there for a reason.
So do you think Mexico is poor because they speak Spanish or because they eat Tacos or what? In reality Mexico was a developing country up until the 70s but they've deindustralized, they were hit by an economic crisis and free trade and their agriculture collapsed. The majority of Mexican migrants are ex-farmers or from rural areas.
And yet the United States seems more than capable of sustaining farmers and surviving various economic collapses over the decades. Why else do you think Mexicans, who earn dirt for farming in Mexico, cross the border to work on farms in America? Now whether that's because of government subsidies or whatever is up to you. The point is, America has developed a "superior" system (when viewed at in terms of "people wanting to go there". When people leave their home country it's usually for "a better life", meaning they believe - for whatever reason - that America can provide one).
dagorkan said:
Obviously there were jobs for them in Mexico at one time but not any more, the question is why that is. It's not because of "culture".
There's more to culture than just language and food. Think things like legal systems, corruption, belief systems and so on. EG: Socialism has a culture of its own. What's valued and done in a Capitalist culture is often viewed very diffierently under Socialism. That leads to different behaviour and different values for different things. That value that people put on things can alter behaviour significantly. As another example, the only reason Zimbabwe can't feed itself is because of the political situation. That's part of culture.