• Anamnesis@lemmy.world
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      The bulk of that immigration happened in the 19th and early 20th century when European countries were the most capitalistic and economically stratified.

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        Economically stratified, absolutely. Capitalistic, though? Most European immigration to the Americas happened when kings and queens still wielded absolute power.

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      I feel like a lot of redditors are joining because I see a lot of down votes but only one response.

      Yes that is true, but the average person in those countries in the 1800’s was starving which changes things a lot.

      I took your question as “people living in the US or Europe, would you move to a socialist country” so the average person in that would not be starving, so family and friends matter more.