Comments by "Matthew Nirenberg" (@matthewnirenberg) on "How to Get British Citizenship Living in Paradise" video.

  1.  @Lando-kx6so  It's just a valid recommendation based on the reality of the country from someone who's already there. I still fail to understand why people from developing countries still believe the propaganda about the "west" having opportunities when that's been nothing but lies and propaganda for the last 20yrs. The "west" is over regulated, the cost of compliance and doing things legally negates profits and benefits unless you're a multinational who can use offshore profits to prop up the part of the business in the "west". The cost of housing and the cost of living take up 90% of one's wage after taxes. The passports of western countries are getting weaker every year (losing access, govt's not caring about their citizens - abandoning them abroad because it was cheaper, etc.). ESTA for the USA and ETIAS for the EU will be focusing on all nationalities held by a person before granting permission to be a tourist, even if that person is a citizen of a "western" country so just getting a western passport won't expand any opportunities. Everyone I know who came to the west for a better life, struggled and barely got by until they got the passport, then, went overseas for a better and more affordable life as they got sick of trying to "make it" in the west and they've never since returned. The time invested VS reward doesn't make the west worthwhile. People are literally better off getting work visas or digital nomad visas to countries that aren't part of the west, earning money at low tax rates, and, then doing CBI for a good Tier A passport, as that is possible in less than 4yrs unlike the 10+yrs required to get a western passport. For the record, I'm not trying to change anyone's mind, I'm just trying to understand that other point of view as in my experience the west is collapsing yet many keep repeating the propaganda of "the west is opportunity and better" and only once they've learnt the hard way do they realise that instead of the "grass being greener on the other side", there "isn't any grass at all on the other side".
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  2.  @terrybaikie2181  its not a Western country since the 90's, it sided with commies and is a failing nation. It's actually a perfect example of a collapse, not a Western country thriving. South Africa is a developing nation at best.
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