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I'm not sure latino dregs would necessarily behave worse than western dregs. Yes they have cartel problems right now; the UK also used to have highwayman problems in the past but that went away as society developed and conditions improved. See Ireland for example: back when it was poor people thought average IQ there was genetically 90, now they think it's genetically 100 because it has developed and it turns out there's no significant cognitive difference between the Irish and Brits; cross country IQ studies are highly highly confounded.
Yes I am not a fan of western degeneracy. My job actually does exist outside the UK and exists more and more outside the UK each year (gulf countries, singapore, hong kong etc.). I just don't move for other reasons, like I said, I like the UK, except the people and the consenquences these people then impose on me (like crazy high tax). If things were to go above a tipping point then yes I'd consider moving.
I'd also say the gulf countries have managed to build and maintain high civilisation. Yes, that's because they basically got a money printer in the form of oil to allow them to do it but they have shown that provided enough money they can do it.
Yes, Singapore is 75% Han Chinese but it's 25% Malay+Indian as well, which is well more than the 13% Black the US is and Singapore managed to actually integrate its three main ethnic groups in a way the US never even got close to doing with blacks. LKY really was a great man here but the reason eh was able to do so was because he pushed and enforced policies upon the country that led to this happening in a way that would never ever have been accepted by individualistic western citizens: https://youtube.com/watch?v=FkYEFeHUGPw
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