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UK gives me failed state vibes ngl
Yeah, I'm much less bullish on the UK then I am on Canada. Whereas Canada can still be fixed quite easily, I'm not really sure how you fix the UK.
They're going to wake up one day and realize half the country's Muslim. Cities like Birmingham and Bradford are already more than 30% Muslim. It's not going to end well.
Canada is importing much faster than the UK (excepting a single year in the UK). Demographically the UK probably has 20 years to turn the tide, under Trudeau-level rates (which may well continue if Trump leads to a Carney win) Canada has maybe 5.
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Canada seems to have a much more reasonable immigration policy. Generally it’s based on a points system right? And in BC it’s a lot of high skilled Chinese and other Asian workers who bring a lot of money and investment. Vancouver looks nicer than any American city. Sure there are some drugged out homeless but we are talking about a west coast city here…
UK seems in a death spiral. Punishing taxes, industry hollowed out, and not sure what their obsession is with Muslim immigrants but I hope the transition from their old demographics to the new is at least peaceful.
Another major issue with the UK is the serious brain drain to the US. Any smart or high achieving Brit leaves for the states. Likely all the (mildly) conservative ones too. So you get a socialist hell hole with vanishing middle class jobs
The Uk's muslim immigration issue is in large part a legacy of the empire. Even before the numbers blew up under Blair, the UK always had a stream of former subjects from the Indian subcontinent. This meant there were big existing communities of Muslim to marry into or find jobs with, putting aside the attraction of having a ready made community.
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