Fifty years ago they had very limited lives, even now they have a tiny population of nationals. Where are they supposed to find heart surgeons and law professors and banking experts and so on when they were literally living in poverty only a while back? Of course they need to bring these people in and yes they do depend on them and yes their attitudes can seem, shall we say, 'ungrateful' perhaps. I can fathom your resentment - and I would say I've had a strong perception of the people as a group in the way you describe them - but on an individual basis when I have had dealings with them they are very often educated, civilised and courteous people.
Fifty years ago they had very limited lives, even now they have a tiny population of nationals. Where are they supposed to find heart surgeons and law professors and banking experts and so on when they were literally living in poverty only a while back? Of course they need to bring these people in and yes they do depend on them and yes their attitudes can seem, shall we say, 'ungrateful' perhaps. I can fathom your resentment - and I would say I've had a strong perception of the people as a group in the way you describe them - but on an individual basis when I have had dealings with them they are very often educated, civilised and courteous people.