It all started I suppose with an inquisitive question from a native about a degree of indifference to US by the immigrant population. And her question "then why do you all come here." On the onset it could be answered by simplistic answer, better opportunity, better pay or more money. But then when we try to have a macroscopic insight into it, one is made to think why do these things are not found in ones own country. Why this country is so attractive and why is so indifferent. And though there are so many reasons one can give, but it all comes from one word CORPORATION. Why this individual is very important. If there is one thing that US has perfected though might not have invented is corporation. And in no place has corporation become as big and influential as in US. And this age belongs to corporation as earlier
belonged to large governments or communism or industrial age. A true discovery done by American as Industrial revolution was done by British.
And the Mecca of Corporation is US. And if you want to be a part of this omnipotent force that is becoming a part of any part globe it is better to be part of it. If one believes part of it which better place than US. But corporation is unlike any other individual ( note corporation is an entity like individual made of chartered group of individual, having rights like people made especially relevant after 14 amendment). But this entity unlike other entities like government or other people have allegiance only to its only stakeholders i.e. shareholders, who are few (50% of shares are held by 1% and 80% own only 4% of shares). And this make things very complicated, especially as they become as they have become ( the top 20 companies in US is larger than US GDP). They are "no souls to save and no body to incarcerate". And unlike other entities like governments they are very selfish individual as people for whom corporation work are highly concentrated.
And to me that certainly which hits a person who comes to America. He finds himself bitten by this enigmatic but to a degree malicious entity called corporation. Being malicious as unlike other entities which live one earth, as one goal is profit and everything towards that pursuit is legitimate. And as anything that is important in larger perspective becomes externalities as it does not hits bottom line.
Here is where immigrant find it more difficult than a native American. People form Asia and Europe have meet more unselfish concepts like government and family system. These are less selfish as it has less externalities and more responsibilities. And as these individual and systems were more lenient and it was good to be selfless, changing to selfish individual just like John Nash's game theory is a anathema. And thus an enigmatic attraction.
Thus till America remains the Mecca of corporation it will be flocked by immigrants but like a mirage when he comes close he might see a very different picture thus his aversion.
