My take is that it appears to be driven by mentality rather than whether somebody is an immigrant or not. People, immigrant or not who like putting in the work end up succeeding while those that complain or act entitled do not. It’s plain as day, nobody is going to give you a hand out so you have to work for it. Welcome to capitalism. It sucks, but get with it or you lose.

I’ve got successful immigrant and non immigrant friends and those that end up succeeding also end up being like minded. That said, I do think that, yes, immigrants more commonly have the “work hard or fail” mindset given their prior socioeconomic status typically ends up being unfavorable which serves as a catalyst for them.

I agree with entitlement becoming more and more common these days but that can also be attributed to people being generally more outspoken and having platforms to voice their concerns.

[–] wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

While I support living wages and single payer system. Until those happen, hard work is the path to success.

I’ve done well and I’ve worked hard.

Ive watched immigrants come and start businesses while people from here say there is no opportunity to do that here.

Socialism/communism isn’t the answer as everyone just ends up with less and not enough.

People need to realize they control the destiny and can chart their own path.

[–] generalpotato@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Agreed.