Let me explain a bit more about the shithole thing, Will. And how it is used to oppress productive citizens of First-World countries.
In a point of my 10-minute commute from my home to my work, I see the outskirts of a slum. These are the images you are shown when your TV channels speak about Central America, with really depressing houses (I think that «shacks» is the world in English). These are the people that we are sending to you. Not the best. Uneducated, not smart and mostly lazy. Most productive people stay in the Central American countries while only the desperate migrate to other countries.
When I get to this part, I think: «If I lived in Spain, these people would live in 90-square meter apartment, which is standard in Spain. (is this 968 square feet?). So there would be no slum. I would live in a 90-square meter apartment too (instead of a big and beautiful house). The difference is that I would pay for the apartments of these people.»
«In Spain, these people would work the same as they work now, that is, almost nothing. I would work the same as I work now, that is, a lot. But the government would take so many taxes from me so I wouldn’t be able to afford a house but an apartment. With these taxes, the government would subsidize these people so they can afford an apartment. So these people and productive people would practically have the same home (a 90-square meter apartment), but productive people would pay for both.». I really prefer that the products of my work go to my family and not to these people. If this means to have slums in my country because these people don’t like to work, so be it.
In short, when you see the Central American shitholes in TV, this is how your non-productive people would live if they wouldn’t be heavily subsidized. They don’t show the beautiful houses and beautiful places. If you watch a TV program about Paris, about New York you will see the beautiful places (the Tour Eiffel, Times Square). If you watch a TV program about Central America, you will see only the ugly places: the poorest neighborhoods. This is not by chance. They want you to think: «Thank God I don’t live in these countries. I couldn’t live like that» so they can oppress you and raise taxes. No, if you lived in these countries, you would not live like that. The same way, in Canada and USA you don’t live in the worst neighborhoods.
Some months ago, two families, acquaintances of a relative of mine traveled to Spain to live there as illegal immigrants. These are people that live in a shack, very uneducated and not hard-working. Here they don’t receive anything from the government (besides basic health coverage). Once they get to Spain, they will receive all kinds of welfare and they will live well without working, being economically supported by the productive Spanish people. They have hit a jackpot and they will say their relatives that Spain is the paradise so all kinds of relatives and acquaintances will go to Spain too. The government of Spain will have to raise taxes more and more to support these people (they always do) Meanwhile, my sister and my brother-in-law are working like slaves only to have a normal life. This is how immigration works, when you know both types of countries: the countries where immigrants depart and the countries where immigrants arrive.