Do men in developing countries live better than anglosphere drones?
08-10-2017, 11:52 AM
Gente, be ready for a long post.
I disagree with AS. I can't give an inside relate to Western Places, but something that i know is how is the real life for a local in my third world country(Peru).
One thing is to come for a short time, get a nice apartment in Miraflores, be an average white foreigner, open Tinder and bang 5's in an easy way, eat cheap, delicious world class food, visit some sightseeing and return to your country telling: Hey man, Peru is safe, girls are ugly, but easy, It is much better than the West.
In the previous paragraph, i am not judging, i just mention how many foreigners experience Peru. In the other hand, there is a whole different perspective from a local who have the luck to experience unique things in specific places that help me to understand and learn more about Life.
To continue,These are my experiences:
1)My lovely town: I was born and spent most of my life in a small, dangerous town that is some hours from Lima.
The average salary is between 100 to 300 dollars per month, working 8/10 hours per 6 days. After 7 pm, People start to go to their houses to spend a couple of hours with their family. Some streets are really dangerous, it is common that criminals kill you to steal your pocket or cellphone. Also the small businesses(tiendas, negocios) and taxi drivers should pay a monthly "Cupo"(money) to Criminal Organizations for avoiding attacks against their families.
Despite of that, Authorities do nothing. They even have connection with these illegal organizations.About girls, I can count with my fingers, the number of hot ones there. In my case, I still visit my town every weekend to see my closed family. I take the crowded metro and a colectivo (car) for 3 hours to arrive. After that, i walk 4 shady dangerous blocks to see my lovely grandmom with a big smile, waiting me with some delicious homemade food.
In my town, I can have a blast with 10 dollars, buying 6 beers and chatting with my friends or dancing for hours with one of my girlfriends in a local bar. I don't need more than 2 dollars to have a decent lunch. Saying this, even with the difficult situation there,I feel so good and happy in my town, also locals tend to be so polite, hardworking and nice.
2)Lima:I am in the capital from Monday to Friday. I wake up 5:30 am, two hours to my workplace, i work from 7:30 am to 5:30 pm, i return to home between 7:30 to 8:00 pm. Hopefully, i have a colleague who lives near me and he has car, if not, i would be as the average peruvian in the crowded metro and combis(small shitty buses) spending more time.
I can't see my friends because they live so far from me, they also work many hours as me. I can tell stories of many peruanos going to work at 4:30 am and returning home 10:00 pm to prepare their food for the next day, earning less than 300 dollars.
Now AS said that his peruvian girl earn $1400 and have time and enough money to travel, jajaja, She earns more than 2 or 4 times than other peruanos who can't afford a house/apartment in a nice place,instead of this, a dangerous place is their home.
3)Communities: Summarizing, i have been and lived for days with families in some second and third tier peruvian cities. No electricity, no Internet, no water or per hours, not many things to do, children should walk for an hour to be in a bad infrastructure basic school. Despite of this, People threat me as part of their family and was a good moment to share and learn from them.
I would like to know if someone from the West can live in this environment.
The last part:
I have lived the luxury, average and poor life that Peru has to offer. I would say that the reason why we show a smile or try to be happy is because we want to be optimistic and think that our life can be much better in a future. Plus, Our friends and family, we feel comfortable. Maybe that's why we love to dance, be talkative, show feelings, enjoy or smile to forget the hard reality we should face it. Surely, there are some great professional peruvians who make a decent money, but they are not average in any meaning.
To AS, Who said "poor westerners who have to fight for a chubby, ugly girl" jaja. Man, you have no idea about the arrogant, bitchy, racist behavior of many peruanas against the average peruano. Anyways, i won't denied that i much prefer and have great results with gringas over peruanas, but i learned some game and i am dealing quiet well in both sides.
I also have to admit that i am bored of my job, kills my time for bad payment, so i am running an online project( Thanks a lot Shimmy and Zoom for their support and idea) to travel and work at the same time.
To conclude, despite of the obstacles that my country has, i love it a big part of my life here. I think that you are a drone when you give up and don't look for the bright side and solutions. There are drones in Poor and Rich countries. Just my advice is that You shouldn't hate Australia or blame the Western just for the women or other issues, true that they affect, but At least you have first world infrastructure, services, safer and decent money. I would like to see the face of a latin when he hear that He can earn enough money until their middle 30's to stop working and enjoying life.
The day you change your mind, the world won't suck. At least, With your Money from Australia, you could visit some countries that many poor people in third countries won't visit. Think in that and TRY to be more positive and happy.
Saludos, Drix