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This is hiding alot of assumptions; for one, you need to either be rich enough or have the right sort of job to be popular abroad. Not exactly an option for regular joe schmoes that are hurting in the dating market, so guys able to take advantage of this are still in the upper percentile range.
Second... Look, I'm not going to belabour passport bros thier options, but the idea that there exist places where I'd absolutely slay just because I'm white and American sounds absolutely ludicrious. I don't fucking beleive it. I suppose the only way to test this out would be to go over there, but, see point one.
Third, as faceh points out, it just exports the problem to that country.
Fourth, I'm a horrible racist and want my kids to look like me, so that nixes most Asian countries. I suppose, in theory, that means I should be going to the region of Eastern Europe, but, well... see points one and two.
Frankly we need less regular joe schmoes in the world so I'm not that concerned with this. Although it's not how I'd prefer to do it, my eugenics are less cruel than the incidental eugencis and dysgenics of feminism. I would just have a one child policy for the bottom 67%.
It's not about slaying but rather about escaping the East Berlin that is putting up with the abusive bullshit of the worst populations of Western women. One can go to a less degenerate population and actually receive the decent treatment one should have gotten back home. Slaying is not necessary rather just an escape from absurd upsidedownism and sexual tyranny. Just like no one running out of East Berlin is expecting to be a billionaire in the west. They just want a decent life -- by historical standards there is nothing slaying about marrying your looksmatch and having 3 kids. But many high quality men are running out of the Anglosphere and similar places like refugees from communism just to get this.
Just become loyal to that country if it makes you feel so bad.
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I mean you're not necessarily teleporting to 10/10 but generic white male goes from being neutral in most Western countries to an active plus even in places in Asia where there's not a massive incentive to go passport hunting. Between exoticness, norms around height/gender roles being different etcetera.
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