Those from developing countries don’t panic
I don’t think that this generalization is totally off, “Those from developing countries don’t panic.” A while back, I had a co-worker from Russia; I was working for a company in New York City at that time. He was saying that those from Russia manage to make pretty descent livings in US while, if Americas immigrate to Russia, they would probably die. I heard similar things from those from, what is generally called, “developing countries” such as Brazil and India. I agree to a large extent, and I think that this is because those from developing countries don’t panic, and those from developed countries panic when they face big problems (in their eyes).
This generalization can be observed in a developed country itself; it’s not necessary to travel to many different countries to find this out. Here’s an example. Most first generation immigrants in US, i.e., immigrants who were born outside of US and immigrated to US, are from developing countries. Forget ethics, criminality (with regard to the immigration law), moral, legal immigration and what have you for the moment. Most of those from developing countries somehow manage to settle in US, and they generally get permanent residency in one way or the other. You might be against amnesty, but they get permanent residency anyway. How can they do that? It’s partly because they don’t panic. They always think clear-headed, and this is why they manage to find ways to stay in US (forever). Now, are there many immigrants from developed countries like Germany, Japan, France and UK in US today? Not that many. This is partly because they can get whatever they can get in US or perhaps more, but this is also partly because they panic. They go to US, but before their visas get expired, they panic. They start saying to themselves, “OMG, I need to get out within the next two weeks; otherwise, my visa will get expired”, “OMG, I can’t find a job if I just stay and become an illegal”, etc. If their visas get expired in fact, they leave US, acknowledge that they broke the immigration law and they won’t go back to US or they’d make sure that they could enter US without any problems when they enter US next time. Law abiding is a nice way to put it, but, if you put it differently, they don’t think out of the box. They panic and they get short-sighted. I’m being a bit argumentative here, but it is a fact that those from developing countries think about so many options and they don’t panic; they look at all options.
As a side note, this kind of relates to what I wrote about Russia and India.
