Your still worse off in America, one trip to the hospital in a 3k ambulance and that higher salary is no longer worth it. America is the third world country of the west
@@Battleneter The standard of living in the US is very good for most. I've lived and worked in both countries and get paid 3 to 4 times as much for doing the same job as i did in the UK.
@@Battleneter Yes and no. Poverty rate is very high in 3 states ( the biggest state i.e. California, Mississippi, and Alabama) so it's concentrated heavily. Outside of that U.S. is fine. Plus even poor Americans have a higher salary than poor people in the U.K. so it's kind of a wash
Agree completely. I'm in the UK now and using my free time to generate income online so I can leave the UK for good. If I make 40K, I'm much better off in Malaysia, Thailand or Vietnam.
The UK struggling so much is sad to me. London puts on this face and you’d never suspect it from afar. But if you watch GMB or other morning news, as I do sometimes, they subtly talk about fuel allowances and NHS struggles but they quickly pivot to royal news or some nonsense making it all seem slightly hush hush. They’ll still spend an hour debating why Keir Starmer got free Taylor Swift concerts and whether or not he ok’d a police escort for her due to security concerns. But not that someone is still waiting for an ambulance, the 8 MILLIONTH patient is added to the NHS queue, bank managers are making 20K a year, and every high street store is boarded up. Especially up north. It’s criminal what Downing a street has done to the REST of the UK. Who was advising those conservatives who made ZERO investment and pushed austerity?! It just made it all worse.
My house just went on the market and I am leaving as soon as the sale has gone through. I do not even recognise London anymore. I have no real quality of life, and just going out to dinner can cost me 300 pounds. A train journey into the city and back costs me ten pounds. I recently saw a food tuck outside Liverpool st station selling burritos 🌯 for 10 pounds each. A wrap with a spoonful of rice and beans for 10 pounds. Insane.
Most towns up and down the UK are all the same, there's the odd one that's good but majority of places in UK all run down, messy and overpriced, no nice shops all the pubs closing up and down the country it's an absolute mess, and I'm saying this, I'm lucky to live in the countryside but your never to far away from the slums anywhere in the UK.
All these immigrants from high income countries going to SE Asia and Latin America are driving prices way up for locals. Let's see how long until this party is over
I don't disagree with the comments in this video but as someone who lives in the UK and who has never lived in London I do think this isn't the whole truth. A lot of videos I see about the UK only focus on 'London' whereas in reality you can go years living in the UK without ever going near London and the situation outside of London is very different. I earn a reasonable salary (would probably be considered a 'poor' London Salary) and me and my partner (both on a similar salary) are more than capable of having a decent quality of life outside of London on what we earn.
decent quality is not only about salaries, but also about clean air, water, good food, access to healthcare. Taking these into account the UK is a danger to life in many ways and keeps going down ...
@ so why on measurements does it appear better than other countries like france and Germany? There is a site that shows live air quality of different countries and the Uk is always in yellow or green. Most Asians and a lot of European countries are either in orange and red. I don’t think the air quality in the Lake District is bad where I am in the north of England. France is worse than the UK for air quality
@@lifetruthseeking5808 I know the site. What gets measured is NO2, CO, NO, mostly coal burning fumes etc. But there is much more pollution that nobody measures, like forever chemicals in water, in British air. Nobody wants to look under the blanket, and the govmakes it harder by underfunding gov agencies. In the UK everything is made good enough or even better by discouraging closer looks and scrutiny of it. Ignorance is a weapon.
Yeah, poverty, crime/violence, homeless, addiction is through the roof and as each month passes by, all I hear/see is more people getting laid off from their jobs. I live in what used to be a thriving little town.
So the beautiful Lake District and poor and depressing and ugly. Places like Whitby and your are ugly poor and depressing, the Yorkshire dales is depressing? Come on man
The issue is that once everybody starts doing this, the expats start bringing problems and making these countries with better offers worse too as they become saturated. Plus increased globalization and mobility causing a general decline of beautiful cultures that took hundreds, if not thousands, of years to develop.
Many might deny it, however, if you're from London particularly, deep down you know this is true. I've seen the economy get increasingly worse post covid, many people are barely able to cover bills and lifestyle expenses with their wages, a larger percentage than the opposite circumstance. My electricity bill will be so high this winter that I'm actually going to rent out my house and do some travelling to warmer countries. Dubai being the first. Earning less than £50,000 in the London is borderline survival/poverty. If you live alone like myself that is. I wish it wasn't the case as why would I choose to dislike my home country and the place I was born? Online money is the way to freedom.
Insane how bad the UK has gotten this is either sheer incompetence or, probably more likely, on purpose. Agree outside of my home country who is poor but in a much better state social wise than the UK is Vietnam
It’s due to 2 things: Universal credit NHS Someone has to pay for these services. And the people that pay the most are the hardest workers. The uk is obsessed with subsidising the least productive and the expense of the most productive. Here’s an example. Someone with mental health issues will cost tax payers £5k per week minimum. Some cases they can cost £25k! Not per month or year! Per week. Now I don’t want to ostracise them but how is this sustainable?
As a schizophrenic myself, it isn't sustainable. If we ate properly we wouldn't have this issue. Want my opinion? Nutrient dense foods. It won't solve the problem in the short term but it will make healthcare much cheaper in the long run.
Completely disagree. The real reason is that the rich has never paid their due in tax. If u live in the UK, u soon discover the rich regardless of which government has always escaped paying their share and taxed the poor with even more disproportionately. The NHS and universal credit has always been there even before this so stop shifting blame.
Here are some of the Reasons why many (68million people), life in the UK and why they have not all left/ are trying to leave and why many ( especially the wealthiest of the world including those from the richer middle east countries such as UAE and Saudi spend an enormous amount of time there and often have their second home there). 1. Citizenship. The truth is these visas are there to benefit the locals who currently need your labour but if they ever did not need your labour or thought it was not in their interest to have you (e.g. the AI revolution) you would be send back home without a second thought. I know many who lost their jobs after 10+years and had to leave these places even though their kids were born their and had thought of it as their home. 2. Stability/Long Term Wealth there is a reason why the super rich even from the middle east buy companies and property in the UK, it was there 200 years ago and they believe it will keep it's wealth for centuries to come. Some of these places did not exist 20 years ago and although it may seem like they have diversified their economy away from fossil fuels you will see that the thing that makes those other sectors of their economy competitive is the tax breaks that you get which they can only do due to the profits from fossil fuels. The world is moving away from fossil fuels and people are unsure whether these economies will be competitive when they don't have the fossil fuel revenue and have to fund themselves like every other country in history with tax. Will the $500,000 property still be worth it after the fossil fuel age goes away? Is a dessert really the best place to sustain a large population? Only time will tell. 4. Access. Fundamentally in these countries something else subsidies the tax revenue they do not receive. This only works with a relatively small population so it is just impossible for the majority of the population of the world to live in similar systems as there is not enough raw materials to subside the 8 Billion people. 5. Education and the cutting edge of Technology. Even the wealthiest locals in these countries still send their children to be educated in the UK, US and similar countries. Google Deep Mind (their AI division) is based and founded in London and it's founder just won the Nobel prize. If you want to work the absolute cutting edge of what is humanly capable you need to live in these countries. The exception being if you want to lead on the very large, mainly infrastructure projects in which case you often need to be trained at one of the best universities in the world (which are in the west + china and now India increasingly as well) and have substantial work experience in those places, after which you will be scouted to work in the middle east. This is just some of the Reasons many people live in the UK and why I believe the UK, Europe, US... Will not die and will not have their entire populations move to lower tax countries. Of course though many individuals will have benefits from moving to other places like the creator of this video and you should always explore your options and create the best life possible for you as he has done 😊 (Note I voice typed this so there may be some errors)
There is only one reason for the demise of Great Britain and that is the MASS IMMIGRATION of third-world people, especially from the Indian subcontinent, they contribute zero to the economy and are a burden on services and resources. Only MASS Expultion/Deportation can get us back to where we were
Every infrastructure and every things only last for around 30 years or max 40 years for one generation. For new generation you have to build something new. Roads won’t last forever building won’t last for ever you needed to build new infrastructure.
I wouldnt say that is becoming a poor country with the prices of the houses. If you have so many people who can afford to buy a 300.000 pound house, the country is no really poor.
Not really. Many people in less developed countries not only own the house but the land. Additionally, a mortgage isn’t ownership, that’s an illusion and if you have no life outside of paying for your home, life can suck. The minimum an economic system should provide is a home, especially one that has been consistently sold to us at the expense of others.
Without food and water, and the health that comes from nutrient density, nothing else is possible. Get that and you have a framework for future nationbuilding
I have written this in the comment section under similar videos but will write it where: booking an appointment to see a doctor in London can take up to 6 weeks. Very disturbing in my opinion!
You obviously havent travelled much outside of London. There are mega beautiful very expensive homes in various parts of the UK. I was so surprised when I saw them as we're not told about them and were led to believe London is the only place where the money is.
I left the uk 50 years ago for Australia tax was killing me I could not get ahead no matter how hard I worked ,Britain will be a Muslim country in 70 years it’s broken and poor
You have no idea what awaits you freezing cold weather rain for 80% of the year no community or people who will bother with you and if you think the caste system in India is bad in the UK its 10 times worse.
@@sikolabadaboum7305 No ser. India is beyond repair and we have no hope in it's future. So we Indians are on the look out for fast developing countries around the world and migrate there in hordes to beg for jobs and PR. Please let us into your country pls.
If you think you have free speech. I dare you to go to work and espouse Marxist views about capitalism and capitalists. Even if you don’t believe it, see what happens.
Safety is an interesting one as if you look at homicide (murder) rates you will see you are actually half as likely to be killed in the UK compared with Thailand however Thailand feels safer mainly because most murders in the UK make it to the news/social media and the language is English so people all over the world can find out about it whereas this is not the case in other countries. People from the UK often mention the stabbings and say how bad it's gotten and how it was safe when they were kids in the good ol days when if you actually look at the stats the homicide rate is significantly lower than in the 2000s, 1990s and 1980s its just now you hear about the ones that happen a lot more. Also I like to focus on homicide rates as many others just aren't reliable for example rape in the UK is extremely high, apparently higher than in countries that do not even believe in marital rape which we of course know is not the case. Or for example kidnapping could be higher than other countries where the police are simply bribed so that the offence is never registered as kidnapping. We often hear about people in power being prosecuted for their crimes that have been covered up for years and these mainly occur in the UK/US/Europe. Do we believe people in power do not abuse their power in other countries or maybe they never get held to account. I mean even in these western countries sometimes they only get held to account after they have passed away. If something terrible happened to your child by someone in power, Government/Celeb/Royal do you believe you have more chance getting to justice in some of these other countries. So some times having power more concentrated at the top results in less crime in the lower classes due to strict enforcement of the law, but virtual immunity for crimes committed by the upper classes and large organisations such as the police and government.
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I'm American and to me the UK really IS poor with extremely low salaries compared to what I get paid in private equity in NYC.
Your still worse off in America, one trip to the hospital in a 3k ambulance and that higher salary is no longer worth it. America is the third world country of the west
The US is a very mixed bag, the poverty rate is among the highest in the OECD and yes much higher than the UK.
@@Battleneter The standard of living in the US is very good for most. I've lived and worked in both countries and get paid 3 to 4 times as much for doing the same job as i did in the UK.
@@MrJusticex1u won’t even get an ambulance coming in the UK😂😂
@@Battleneter Yes and no. Poverty rate is very high in 3 states ( the biggest state i.e. California, Mississippi, and Alabama) so it's concentrated heavily. Outside of that U.S. is fine. Plus even poor Americans have a higher salary than poor people in the U.K. so it's kind of a wash
I went to Budapest last week. So nice compared to UK. Clean, quiet and civilised.
And with salaries 3 times less.
@@juangomezfuentes8825yeah also like 10x cheaper and half the taxes no indoctrination and far less crime and government control.
@@Holyspace305just cus it’s a white country
High inflation in Eastern Europe.
@@Holyspace305 maybe move to France)? Ahahaha
Agree completely. I'm in the UK now and using my free time to generate income online so I can leave the UK for good. If I make 40K, I'm much better off in Malaysia, Thailand or Vietnam.
Same here man. Want to connect?
@@menoswater1032is Malaysia or Thailand better ?
Come to the future superpower india
@@SathyaswamyS superpooper
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Never thought I would hear about a step by step guide to leaving the UK... How times are changing...
The UK struggling so much is sad to me. London puts on this face and you’d never suspect it from afar. But if you watch GMB or other morning news, as I do sometimes, they subtly talk about fuel allowances and NHS struggles but they quickly pivot to royal news or some nonsense making it all seem slightly hush hush. They’ll still spend an hour debating why Keir Starmer got free Taylor Swift concerts and whether or not he ok’d a police escort for her due to security concerns. But not that someone is still waiting for an ambulance, the 8 MILLIONTH patient is added to the NHS queue, bank managers are making 20K a year, and every high street store is boarded up. Especially up north. It’s criminal what Downing a street has done to the REST of the UK. Who was advising those conservatives who made ZERO investment and pushed austerity?! It just made it all worse.
On the far east they are opening up mega malls and prosperous places …. In the Uk everything is closing down even the pound shops .
My house just went on the market and I am leaving as soon as the sale has gone through. I do not even recognise London anymore. I have no real quality of life, and just going out to dinner can cost me 300 pounds. A train journey into the city and back costs me ten pounds. I recently saw a food tuck outside Liverpool st station selling burritos 🌯 for 10 pounds each. A wrap with a spoonful of rice and beans for 10 pounds.
Insane.
I agree with your wider point and most of what you said, but going out to dinner costs you ....£300?
Anyone who lives in SE England and not rich is putting up with a lift of abuse. Corrupt politicians flushed this country down the toilet.
@@Krumpina1029 for a decent meal
Most towns up and down the UK are all the same, there's the odd one that's good but majority of places in UK all run down, messy and overpriced, no nice shops all the pubs closing up and down the country it's an absolute mess, and I'm saying this, I'm lucky to live in the countryside but your never to far away from the slums anywhere in the UK.
@@temujin1970 well please don't tell me you mean per head 😂
All these immigrants from high income countries going to SE Asia and Latin America are driving prices way up for locals. Let's see how long until this party is over
I agree and they are immigrants with no right to stay long term.
I don't disagree with the comments in this video but as someone who lives in the UK and who has never lived in London I do think this isn't the whole truth. A lot of videos I see about the UK only focus on 'London' whereas in reality you can go years living in the UK without ever going near London and the situation outside of London is very different. I earn a reasonable salary (would probably be considered a 'poor' London Salary) and me and my partner (both on a similar salary) are more than capable of having a decent quality of life outside of London on what we earn.
decent quality is not only about salaries, but also about clean air, water, good food, access to healthcare. Taking these into account the UK is a danger to life in many ways and keeps going down ...
@@swojnowski453uk air quality is actually very good compared to a lot of European countries, the USA and Asian countries
@@lifetruthseeking5808 Air quality in the UK is terrible, especially in towns and cities. Pieces of plastic and rubber from car wheels abound.
@ so why on measurements does it appear better than other countries like france and Germany? There is a site that shows live air quality of different countries and the Uk is always in yellow or green. Most Asians and a lot of European countries are either in orange and red. I don’t think the air quality in the Lake District is bad where I am in the north of England. France is worse than the UK for air quality
@@lifetruthseeking5808 I know the site. What gets measured is NO2, CO, NO, mostly coal burning fumes etc. But there is much more pollution that nobody measures, like forever chemicals in water, in British air. Nobody wants to look under the blanket, and the govmakes it harder by underfunding gov agencies. In the UK everything is made good enough or even better by discouraging closer looks and scrutiny of it. Ignorance is a weapon.
I can confirm theres nothing but poverty and depression everywhere outside of central London. Tom - from the UK
Yeah, poverty, crime/violence, homeless, addiction is through the roof and as each month passes by, all I hear/see is more people getting laid off from their jobs. I live in what used to be a thriving little town.
So the beautiful Lake District and poor and depressing and ugly. Places like Whitby and your are ugly poor and depressing, the Yorkshire dales is depressing? Come on man
Straight facts, nothing but facts here. Again! I think you've found the hottest niche on TH-cam !!
Failed society
The issue is that once everybody starts doing this, the expats start bringing problems and making these countries with better offers worse too as they become saturated. Plus increased globalization and mobility causing a general decline of beautiful cultures that took hundreds, if not thousands, of years to develop.
Yes Sadly! U can see it, empty supermarket shelves, high street closing big department stores, Brexit, COVID etc.
Many might deny it, however, if you're from London particularly, deep down you know this is true.
I've seen the economy get increasingly worse post covid, many people are barely able to cover bills and lifestyle expenses with their wages, a larger percentage than the opposite circumstance.
My electricity bill will be so high this winter that I'm actually going to rent out my house and do some travelling to warmer countries. Dubai being the first.
Earning less than £50,000 in the London is borderline survival/poverty. If you live alone like myself that is.
I wish it wasn't the case as why would I choose to dislike my home country and the place I was born?
Online money is the way to freedom.
Insane how bad the UK has gotten this is either sheer incompetence or, probably more likely, on purpose. Agree outside of my home country who is poor but in a much better state social wise than the UK is Vietnam
we closed our uk branch. tax, regulation, cost, made having it completely unviable.
Any recent flight with British Airways will tell you everything! 😂
You’re speaking truth.
Good content. So accurate on the current state of the UK.
It’s due to 2 things:
Universal credit
NHS
Someone has to pay for these services. And the people that pay the most are the hardest workers. The uk is obsessed with subsidising the least productive and the expense of the most productive.
Here’s an example. Someone with mental health issues will cost tax payers £5k per week minimum. Some cases they can cost £25k! Not per month or year! Per week.
Now I don’t want to ostracise them but how is this sustainable?
As a schizophrenic myself, it isn't sustainable. If we ate properly we wouldn't have this issue. Want my opinion? Nutrient dense foods. It won't solve the problem in the short term but it will make healthcare much cheaper in the long run.
Completely disagree. The real reason is that the rich has never paid their due in tax. If u live in the UK, u soon discover the rich regardless of which government has always escaped paying their share and taxed the poor with even more disproportionately. The NHS and universal credit has always been there even before this so stop shifting blame.
@@Srindal4657ahhh so I get it! Quinoa and mix veg and mental health is eradicated
How does someone with mental health cost 5k a week?
No it is only to do with MASS IMMIGRATION from the third world, especially India, Pakistan and Bangladesh
Here are some of the Reasons why many (68million people), life in the UK and why they have not all left/ are trying to leave and why many ( especially the wealthiest of the world including those from the richer middle east countries such as UAE and Saudi spend an enormous amount of time there and often have their second home there).
1. Citizenship. The truth is these visas are there to benefit the locals who currently need your labour but if they ever did not need your labour or thought it was not in their interest to have you (e.g. the AI revolution) you would be send back home without a second thought. I know many who lost their jobs after 10+years and had to leave these places even though their kids were born their and had thought of it as their home.
2. Stability/Long Term Wealth there is a reason why the super rich even from the middle east buy companies and property in the UK, it was there 200 years ago and they believe it will keep it's wealth for centuries to come. Some of these places did not exist 20 years ago and although it may seem like they have diversified their economy away from fossil fuels you will see that the thing that makes those other sectors of their economy competitive is the tax breaks that you get which they can only do due to the profits from fossil fuels. The world is moving away from fossil fuels and people are unsure whether these economies will be competitive when they don't have the fossil fuel revenue and have to fund themselves like every other country in history with tax. Will the $500,000 property still be worth it after the fossil fuel age goes away? Is a dessert really the best place to sustain a large population? Only time will tell.
4. Access. Fundamentally in these countries something else subsidies the tax revenue they do not receive. This only works with a relatively small population so it is just impossible for the majority of the population of the world to live in similar systems as there is not enough raw materials to subside the 8 Billion people.
5. Education and the cutting edge of Technology. Even the wealthiest locals in these countries still send their children to be educated in the UK, US and similar countries. Google Deep Mind (their AI division) is based and founded in London and it's founder just won the Nobel prize. If you want to work the absolute cutting edge of what is humanly capable you need to live in these countries. The exception being if you want to lead on the very large, mainly infrastructure projects in which case you often need to be trained at one of the best universities in the world (which are in the west + china and now India increasingly as well) and have substantial work experience in those places, after which you will be scouted to work in the middle east.
This is just some of the Reasons many people live in the UK and why I believe the UK, Europe, US... Will not die and will not have their entire populations move to lower tax countries. Of course though many individuals will have benefits from moving to other places like the creator of this video and you should always explore your options and create the best life possible for you as he has done 😊
(Note I voice typed this so there may be some errors)
There is only one reason for the demise of Great Britain and that is the MASS IMMIGRATION of third-world people, especially from the Indian subcontinent, they contribute zero to the economy and are a burden on services and resources. Only MASS Expultion/Deportation can get us back to where we were
The West is done
No it's not LOLZ
Every infrastructure and every things only last for around 30 years or max 40 years for one generation. For new generation you have to build something new. Roads won’t last forever building won’t last for ever you needed to build new infrastructure.
I couldnt agree more Tuomas!
I wouldnt say that is becoming a poor country with the prices of the houses. If you have so many people who can afford to buy a 300.000 pound house, the country is no really poor.
Not really. Many people in less developed countries not only own the house but the land. Additionally, a mortgage isn’t ownership, that’s an illusion and if you have no life outside of paying for your home, life can suck. The minimum an economic system should provide is a home, especially one that has been consistently sold to us at the expense of others.
UK Politicians have kept from the people how much the country borrows
Without food and water, and the health that comes from nutrient density, nothing else is possible. Get that and you have a framework for future nationbuilding
And food isn't nutrient dense like it used to be. Hence this is part of the reason for poor health in this country.
now england=bangladesh.
England robbed them first, now they are back for revenge 😂
9:28 Yay I can't wait to sit in a different chair and use my phone, what the actual F lol
I have written this in the comment section under similar videos but will write it where: booking an appointment to see a doctor in London can take up to 6 weeks. Very disturbing in my opinion!
Why did you leave Finland in first place ?
Tell us something about living there !
I don't want to pay 63% tax to live in a cold shithole
@@tuomaskiv63% tax? are you sure
Worldleader😂😂😂 Gold you for got... 100% correct respect each other... 😂 Police who is afraid off something like that 😂😂😂 you made my day 😂😂
can you make a video about Dubai golden visa by invesmant
yes, I am making oneright now
31% children in Yorkshire lives in poverty. And this is just an example how Great Britain is....
Where an earth is this figure from
Is data scientist job in demand in thailand, vietnam, malaysia, singapore ??
You obviously havent travelled much outside of London. There are mega beautiful very expensive homes in various parts of the UK. I was so surprised when I saw them as we're not told about them and were led to believe London is the only place where the money is.
I left the UK decades ago. There are much better opportunities in Latin America, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam.
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How did u leave and sustain income?
Too many people in the UK unfortunately.
I left the uk 50 years ago for Australia tax was killing me I could not get ahead no matter how hard I worked ,Britain will be a Muslim country in 70 years it’s broken and poor
Canada is doing like the uk😢
True words.. Best best thing you can do in the uk is LEAVE
They are and have left, 😂 and Gov in deniel saying won't effect economy and CGTax hivk wont 😂...Destination wet prison tax rock
0:10 wealthy for the Rich people of course
Is ? It's a crap hole.........ex pat here moved to Arizona
Ex pat?
Little biased but okay observation.
We Indians will still move to UK.
Because India is bankrupt due to overpopulation.
How about staying back and help india become great again ?
Yes and your not really welcome, you should stay in your own country
You have no idea what awaits you freezing cold weather rain for 80% of the year no community or people who will bother with you and if you think the caste system in India is bad in the UK its 10 times worse.
@@sikolabadaboum7305 No ser. India is beyond repair and we have no hope in it's future. So we Indians are on the look out for fast developing countries around the world and migrate there in hordes to beg for jobs and PR. Please let us into your country pls.
If you think you have free speech. I dare you to go to work and espouse Marxist views about capitalism and capitalists. Even if you don’t believe it, see what happens.
the Uk use to be safe then immgrantion form Africa happen. As expected it now dangerous.
Becoming?
Safety is an interesting one as if you look at homicide (murder) rates you will see you are actually half as likely to be killed in the UK compared with Thailand however Thailand feels safer mainly because most murders in the UK make it to the news/social media and the language is English so people all over the world can find out about it whereas this is not the case in other countries. People from the UK often mention the stabbings and say how bad it's gotten and how it was safe when they were kids in the good ol days when if you actually look at the stats the homicide rate is significantly lower than in the 2000s, 1990s and 1980s its just now you hear about the ones that happen a lot more. Also I like to focus on homicide rates as many others just aren't reliable for example rape in the UK is extremely high, apparently higher than in countries that do not even believe in marital rape which we of course know is not the case. Or for example kidnapping could be higher than other countries where the police are simply bribed so that the offence is never registered as kidnapping. We often hear about people in power being prosecuted for their crimes that have been covered up for years and these mainly occur in the UK/US/Europe. Do we believe people in power do not abuse their power in other countries or maybe they never get held to account. I mean even in these western countries sometimes they only get held to account after they have passed away. If something terrible happened to your child by someone in power, Government/Celeb/Royal do you believe you have more chance getting to justice in some of these other countries. So some times having power more concentrated at the top results in less crime in the lower classes due to strict enforcement of the law, but virtual immunity for crimes committed by the upper classes and large organisations such as the police and government.