Consider these photos: In the first, we see a smiling white woman in a white dress, flanked by two dark females, recognizably Asiatic. Topless, one is flat chested, while the other has the merest suggestions of breasts, yet they’re identified as “Phneung young women.” The fully dressed one is Mimi Palgen-Maisonneuve, a French woman who lived in Cambodia in the 1950’s and 60’s. This photos circa 1952 provides a striking contrast between civility and relative barbarity.
The myth of the nation where "the streets are paved with gold" dies hard. The Chinese who came in the mid-19th century to build the railroads called it Gold Mountain. Now the legend has lagged the reality for most.
The funny thing is that the guy might actually make $4K/month in Boston or NYC, but not only will he work till exhaustion, as you say, but at that level of income, he won't be able to live much of a life in those places. That level of income goes pretty far in Smallville USA, and many would be grateful to have it, but you won't even be able to afford morning coffee in NYC.
Thanks to my Taiwanese wife, I have met many, many Chinese and Taiwanese families over the decades of our marriage. An amazingly high percentage of those people gravitated to the restaurant business to seek their "fortunes," or more correctly, their livelihoods. I've noticed over the years that more of them make decent money by buying and selling restaurants than by running them or working in them. I knew a few who would pick up a place for a song, get it running well, then sell it for a handsome profit to less capable new owners who worked their butts off only to watch it slowly fail.
More commonly for those "lucky" enough to be owners, a restaurant ends up providing a meager living that requires the entire family to pitch in if they want to keep it going. And they are there 6 or 7 days a week for 12+ hours, kids included (when they are not going to school). I have known at least two such families personally; both ran their places for years with a heartbreaking amount of effort, unable to afford any paid employees even after brutally cutting corners, only to finally have to throw in the towel nevertheless. One might say that they did not own the restaurant--it owned THEM.
Those who can't or are not inclined to own often end up working at one of these places. We met the Malaysian Chinese couple that became our best friends over 30 years ago when I was working in southern Maryland, where the husband was working in a restaurant. Long hours, and they and their two little girls were living in a group setting with several other restaurant workers in a condo belonging to the restaurant owner. It was a smoke-filled and depressing arrangement, definitely not the place to raise healthy children. When I changed jobs and got ready to move to Portland, Oregon (which back then was still a delightful city), at my wife's suggestion they pulled up stakes and made the move with us.
We loaded their stuff (not much, as you can imagine) in the front of the Ryder truck I rented for our own things, and they found an apartment of their own and a job there. The husband found work as a waiter in a Chinese restaurant; it was a 45 minute drive each way, and he worked 12 hours a day, 6 days a week for over 30 years, and although the pay was adequate, it certainly wasn't princely.
Fortunately, this story has a much happier ending, Despite a pretty low income, they managed to buy their own home after a few year, and not only paid it off, but also now have a paid-off rental to boot. Their daughters grew up well, one ended up going to college and getting a master's degree. They are now retired like us, and doing well. I doubt if many Americans could have accomplished what they have on so little.
I've read once that the restaurant business is one of the hardest, most competitive, and most likely to fail. Perhaps only 10% really survive and make good money. It's really a tough business. But lots of people dream of having their own restaurant without knowing what it entails. Yep, 4k a month may not be so much in a city like Boston, although it would be great in SE Asia.
It always amazes and shames me to see how some migrants who come here from what would be to us underprivileged nations and with nothing, manage to achieve extraordinary success given the opportunities we take for granted and don't bother with ourselves. Before the first Australian born generation matures they will have privileged lives by any standard. There is this to consider. In truth the opportunities are here for those who are willing to work for it. It doesn't make the atrocious "society" any better though. I'd rather be poor in a pleasant village than rich in a soulless, violent and narcissistic nation.
Enjoy Laos while you can because if Thailand is an example of the Asian future things will become far more corrupted.
Not only was the top candidate in the last election a US stooge, most young Thais I meet want Thailand to become a US protectorate so they can have freedom of speech, end corruption and have good paying jobs. That is quite a change from Thais priding themselves on never being a colony. Teenage Thais are starting to listen to Thai rap filled with constant chants of f&ck.
Reality is that as long as countries allow Jewish social media companies free reign in their countries, the American Empire will be able to hijack their culture.
Unfortunately few countries understand the threat of social media. This is probably the result of most leaders coming of age before social media. They would never allow a foreign tribe to take over all their mainstream media but the leaders' wives and kids like to post selfies on social media so they don't see enough harm from sm to upset their familes.
One thing Laos seems to be doing right is that none of the usual suspect NGOs are active there. For example, I don't see AIDS, NED or Open Society yet.
Thailand is plagued by Jewish NGOs. They won't do anything about it because nothing happens that doesn't put serious money into the pocket of wealthy Thais and top government officials.
Not to go on and on about it - but - all U.S. media, all of it, portrays the opposite of reality. If a person spends any amount of time watching TV commercials, one sees that blacks are invariably shown as intelligent, prosperous, civic-minded, empathetic, and charitable. Whites are often bit-players who benefit from the largesse of blacks. Asians are usually normal, that is Westernized, but occasionally there is a hint of "ah so, ah so" to remind the viewer that Asians are alien and not fully "on-board" with the Jewish agenda.
Unbelievably satanic....the picture of the model with the crucifix over her breasts and crotch. So horrible. I live in a sanctuary from all that....no TV, no newspapers, just Linh Dinh and Kevin Barrett!
Hi Linh thanks for the writing. I liked your point about people's ignorance of life in the west. I never hear stories of people not being successful there, but I suppose that is because people don't share tales of failure. I failed to be successful there, and am content not working hard in SE Asia. I can't really relate to anyone anymore.
Hey, I failed money wise as I probably averaged 1.5k per month but then I only worked an average of 6 months per year, usually starting my work day at around noon, I think, because much of the time I didn't wear a watch. I was successful in never taking unemployment or borrowing money, so I was successful with the right-wing crowd that was on the dole or selling illegal stuff that I was surrounded by. You see I was a producer! I had many days making multiple thousands but I kept it, saving for that future flush toilet and hot shower that I was going to possess so that I could lure in a hotty. Well today at almost 62 I can now say I can afford that shower and toilet. So it goes to show, you might not get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you might find, you get what you need!
Meanwhile, some miserable guy making $4K a month in Boston is dreaming of moving to southeast Asia and living the simple life.
The myth of the nation where "the streets are paved with gold" dies hard. The Chinese who came in the mid-19th century to build the railroads called it Gold Mountain. Now the legend has lagged the reality for most.
The funny thing is that the guy might actually make $4K/month in Boston or NYC, but not only will he work till exhaustion, as you say, but at that level of income, he won't be able to live much of a life in those places. That level of income goes pretty far in Smallville USA, and many would be grateful to have it, but you won't even be able to afford morning coffee in NYC.
Thanks to my Taiwanese wife, I have met many, many Chinese and Taiwanese families over the decades of our marriage. An amazingly high percentage of those people gravitated to the restaurant business to seek their "fortunes," or more correctly, their livelihoods. I've noticed over the years that more of them make decent money by buying and selling restaurants than by running them or working in them. I knew a few who would pick up a place for a song, get it running well, then sell it for a handsome profit to less capable new owners who worked their butts off only to watch it slowly fail.
More commonly for those "lucky" enough to be owners, a restaurant ends up providing a meager living that requires the entire family to pitch in if they want to keep it going. And they are there 6 or 7 days a week for 12+ hours, kids included (when they are not going to school). I have known at least two such families personally; both ran their places for years with a heartbreaking amount of effort, unable to afford any paid employees even after brutally cutting corners, only to finally have to throw in the towel nevertheless. One might say that they did not own the restaurant--it owned THEM.
Those who can't or are not inclined to own often end up working at one of these places. We met the Malaysian Chinese couple that became our best friends over 30 years ago when I was working in southern Maryland, where the husband was working in a restaurant. Long hours, and they and their two little girls were living in a group setting with several other restaurant workers in a condo belonging to the restaurant owner. It was a smoke-filled and depressing arrangement, definitely not the place to raise healthy children. When I changed jobs and got ready to move to Portland, Oregon (which back then was still a delightful city), at my wife's suggestion they pulled up stakes and made the move with us.
We loaded their stuff (not much, as you can imagine) in the front of the Ryder truck I rented for our own things, and they found an apartment of their own and a job there. The husband found work as a waiter in a Chinese restaurant; it was a 45 minute drive each way, and he worked 12 hours a day, 6 days a week for over 30 years, and although the pay was adequate, it certainly wasn't princely.
Fortunately, this story has a much happier ending, Despite a pretty low income, they managed to buy their own home after a few year, and not only paid it off, but also now have a paid-off rental to boot. Their daughters grew up well, one ended up going to college and getting a master's degree. They are now retired like us, and doing well. I doubt if many Americans could have accomplished what they have on so little.
I've read once that the restaurant business is one of the hardest, most competitive, and most likely to fail. Perhaps only 10% really survive and make good money. It's really a tough business. But lots of people dream of having their own restaurant without knowing what it entails. Yep, 4k a month may not be so much in a city like Boston, although it would be great in SE Asia.
The restaurant owned them. Like cars, houses and anything else of value in the US. You don't really "own" it. Who does I wonder......
It always amazes and shames me to see how some migrants who come here from what would be to us underprivileged nations and with nothing, manage to achieve extraordinary success given the opportunities we take for granted and don't bother with ourselves. Before the first Australian born generation matures they will have privileged lives by any standard. There is this to consider. In truth the opportunities are here for those who are willing to work for it. It doesn't make the atrocious "society" any better though. I'd rather be poor in a pleasant village than rich in a soulless, violent and narcissistic nation.
Enjoy Laos while you can because if Thailand is an example of the Asian future things will become far more corrupted.
Not only was the top candidate in the last election a US stooge, most young Thais I meet want Thailand to become a US protectorate so they can have freedom of speech, end corruption and have good paying jobs. That is quite a change from Thais priding themselves on never being a colony. Teenage Thais are starting to listen to Thai rap filled with constant chants of f&ck.
Reality is that as long as countries allow Jewish social media companies free reign in their countries, the American Empire will be able to hijack their culture.
Unfortunately few countries understand the threat of social media. This is probably the result of most leaders coming of age before social media. They would never allow a foreign tribe to take over all their mainstream media but the leaders' wives and kids like to post selfies on social media so they don't see enough harm from sm to upset their familes.
One thing Laos seems to be doing right is that none of the usual suspect NGOs are active there. For example, I don't see AIDS, NED or Open Society yet.
Thailand is plagued by Jewish NGOs. They won't do anything about it because nothing happens that doesn't put serious money into the pocket of wealthy Thais and top government officials.
Not to go on and on about it - but - all U.S. media, all of it, portrays the opposite of reality. If a person spends any amount of time watching TV commercials, one sees that blacks are invariably shown as intelligent, prosperous, civic-minded, empathetic, and charitable. Whites are often bit-players who benefit from the largesse of blacks. Asians are usually normal, that is Westernized, but occasionally there is a hint of "ah so, ah so" to remind the viewer that Asians are alien and not fully "on-board" with the Jewish agenda.
Unbelievably satanic....the picture of the model with the crucifix over her breasts and crotch. So horrible. I live in a sanctuary from all that....no TV, no newspapers, just Linh Dinh and Kevin Barrett!
Hi Linh thanks for the writing. I liked your point about people's ignorance of life in the west. I never hear stories of people not being successful there, but I suppose that is because people don't share tales of failure. I failed to be successful there, and am content not working hard in SE Asia. I can't really relate to anyone anymore.
Hey, I failed money wise as I probably averaged 1.5k per month but then I only worked an average of 6 months per year, usually starting my work day at around noon, I think, because much of the time I didn't wear a watch. I was successful in never taking unemployment or borrowing money, so I was successful with the right-wing crowd that was on the dole or selling illegal stuff that I was surrounded by. You see I was a producer! I had many days making multiple thousands but I kept it, saving for that future flush toilet and hot shower that I was going to possess so that I could lure in a hotty. Well today at almost 62 I can now say I can afford that shower and toilet. So it goes to show, you might not get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you might find, you get what you need!
I don't know what that man is talking about, being alone is great. People cause infinitely more problems than they're worth.
sometimes briefer is better, this is a really good one.