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More Americans are moving to Central and Eastern Europe. Here’s why (edition.cnn.com)

submitted 5 days ago by petrescatraian@libranet.de to c/news@beehaw.org

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[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz -1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Moving past the obvious slurs in your comment

I already explained why they were used, here and here.

those migrants might actually get more of a red carpet treatment - sorry to spoil your vengeful dreams.

Emphasis mine. Contrariwise to your assumption, no, I don't dream about people getting treated like subhumans. I encourage you to actually read the comment you're replying to, and you'll see

…seriously, I hope not. I’m not from the belief two wrongs make a right. Immigration is part of human social behaviour since some of us left Africa; and I’m not surprised they’re leaving USA, given the current awful state of that place acc. to news.

Side note: if I wanted to write "vengeful dreams", I'd have better targets. And I wouldn't write something as mild (yes) as that comment.

In part because they are who they are

i.e. a society built from oppression, living from oppression, and selling it as merit.

but also because of the spoken language making it easier to get higher paid jobs [...]

Okay, you clearly did not get the comment you're answering to, so I'll summarise:

Your typical American expects to be treated above others, as if this was a divine right granted to the United Karenland of America. And news are simply parroting this mindset, doing everything possible to not step on little Karenlanders' toes. I'm trying to remind them that, if they get well treated, it's because there are plenty people out there who behave like decent beings, instead of behaving like your typical American.

Now, if your depiction of Romania is accurate or not in this regard, that's irrelevant for the sake of my original comment. But I'll ask you the following: do the Roma folks agree with you? Technically they aren't immigrants, but a similar situation applies. (Just like African Americans in USA.)

Side note #2: language prestige piggybacks on the power (soft and hard) associated with its speakers. And I think it's an open secret USA is going downhill. I wouldn't be surprised if "I'm a native English speaker!" became a liability later on.

And as a personal opinion, I think it’s wrong to put all the American migrants in the same pot.

That is not what I'm doing.