you dont even understand meaning of quality of life ( there minute things that i can go into that will make it offtopic) and the second point is highlighted is Soft Power.Original topic is about soft vs hard power in determining where people prefer to immigrate. People from third world countries tend to want to immigrate to first world countries because the standard quality of life is better there and it's consider prestigious. That's not debatable, at least not in good faith. These are both things brought about by hard economic power, which is driven by hard technological and military power in the fight for resources.
you should not use those old terms of First and Third world. as there places that are third world in First world and there places in third world that are better than First world. No one can be at every place at all the times but when you have wealth than you can enjoy more first world living.
If i am interacting with your economy to have some financial gain than that economy is hard power but if i am interacting with you and knowingly make losses than that economy has a soft power. its voluntarily attraction.That's the main point.
LOL I had a feeling that when you said something is very easy, you'd mess it up. Your definition is narrow and dysfunctional and then your use of it is as well, but in a different way. First of all, is having a strong economy hard or soft power? Are you forcing yourself to have a strong economy or are you doing it willingly? Doesn't even make sense just like your definition.
These countries have there own Soft power and it is manifested in many ways. US is not telling people to move to SpainOk I warned you that it makes no sense to call a country a soft or a hard power. The terms "soft power" and "hard power" aren't useable in the same way as "middle power," "regional power," "great power," or "superpower" as you're using it. Now, you are really digging yourself a hole. So according to your "very easy" definition, are Spain/Switzerland/Arab nations "forced or voluntary" powers? What's a "forced country" and what's a "volunary country?" LOL
not every one can enjoy soft power of Switzerland but if you are wealthy or skilled enough than you can. life can become comfortable in Cameroon. search on you tube many nice living places including new apartments complexes with separate pools for kids and adults. Cameroon gets scholarships and US has exchange programe with them. as i said almost all countries get opportunities and that is creating soft power. It is not all about economics. its about people going there and living among them. what is that Green Card diversity lottery?Go look up the meaning of "hard power" vs "soft power" before you waddle into a debate then side-track it into oblivion.
From common sense. Most people don't think laying out in the street with nothing to do all day is more comfortable than working 40 hours a week to afford a house, cars, grow a family, etc... even if it does sound like a vacation for life. Is your life more comfortable in Camaroon or Switzerland?
Developing nations GDP growth are higher with less burdensome regulations thats why so many people from developing world has access to education in West. that never happened in history. it is all due to increase wealth and education standards in developing world.Well, 3 points:
1. Wealthy people want to become more wealthy and investing in a more powerful dynamic economy than their third world nation is a great way to do
so its all about economy. you are indirectly admitting that static economies of West are better than high growth economies of rest of the world.it. They want to be more than a big fish in a small pond so they want to enter a bigger economy.
.There is no such thing as wealthy and first world. look it cost of things when some thing goes wrong like insurance or dentist. it is old rich people from prior generation that has long life expectancy. I am sure Malaysia is first world. it has good enough infrastructure to beat most of first world . Its soft power that define attraction. UAE has soft power thats why wealthy got attracted despite hot weather. once wealthy gets attracted than you need to provide those first world amenities.2. There is a prestige in moving to a wealthy first world country from the point of view of small impoverished nations and that prestige is due to knowledge of the hard power of the advanced nation. It's considered admirable to have the chance to move there.
those rocket designers are very limited fields and very few will employee foreigners unless they born there with security clearance. its very rare field. largest class in schools are computer science. The fact that you brought such rare field example shows that you already lost argument of attraction of soft power and use that limited example of hard power.3. Talent and wealth are not the same. Many people have great talent but not wealth and they can grow a much more impressive and also financially-rewarding career in a first world nation with the resources to support them and a third world country where there is simply no oppertunity to develop the talent. For example, a talented rocket scientist can develop world-leading designs in China or the US and be paid over 99% of the population for his work but he'd be playing with mud in the Congo.