>>1582853>I’ve been thinking about Ghana for a bit and why so many black Americans decide to move thereI don't think it's a lot. There are apparently around 3,000 African-Americans live in Ghana, while the local Chinese population might be as much as 10x higher. There are 47 million black Americans. But it's politically stable and has better infrastructure than the rest of West Africa. The U.S. dollar goes far there so if you work remotely it's a good deal, a typical American salary puts you in the elite there, or if you wanna retire there and have a source of passive income like rental properties.
>It didn’t do anything for the average person, of any kind for the countries entire history. I'm not sure about that. The U.S. is a well-organized economic superpower and is highly attractive to immigrants from all over the world. Not that the U.S. is exactly safe or "normal" and other places are "Black Hawk Down," but there are many parts of the world where wanton bribery, violence, and general lawlessness discourages enterprise and self-worth.
>Why can a country like Ghana end up being a romanticized paradise free from the problems associated with the relentlessness of American style capitalismRelentless is one way to describe it. Have you ever been to the United States?
I've pulled this from people I know from third-world countries, but one thing about the U.S. compared to a lot of third-world countries is that life moves faster in the U.S., so life can sometimes feel more stressful. It's the "rat race" and comes with a hyper-consumer, everything-is-available-everywhere-always set of expectations, such that the 15-minute rolling blackouts during a heatwave once in the summer is huge deal instead of like, a normal, daily occurrence. A lot of things in the U.S. are easy compared to many countries, but some things are harder because of the relentlessness, it's like you have to be "on" all the time, you can't just drop out of the rat race for a month.