You have been given a huge sum of money with two options: stay in your country or relocate permanently to a different country.
I have always pondered on a question like this. I always wondered what I’d do if I had a huge amount of money; Stay or Leave.
Some years back I would have said I would remain in my country no matter what. “I wouldn't leave my home to live as a stranger in someone else's land”. Now, I laughed at myself for thinking that way.
As humans, we all want good things for ourselves and one of the reasons why I would want to leave my country for another in the first place is to get a better place where I can get a good paying job which I wouldn't be able to get in my country unless I have enough money and good connections to “buy” the job.
Now that I already have that huge sum of money, the next thing on my mind is security or rather wanting to live and raise my family in a sane environment.
In my country, the rule of law doesn't always apply to the rich but to the poor. A rich person, especially those with power and connections can “show” just how far they are willing to go to prove a point to a poor person and who would defend that poor person? No one.
A shop owner can immediately evict his/her tenant who pays yearly on shop rent without giving them enough notice. Even when it's clearly stated in the tenancy laws that they should be given 3-6 month notice to quit.
I have seen the case of a young lady who barely a week to her shop rent being due was told by the landlord that she shouldn't bother renewing and was served a quit notice to vacate the shop premises immediately her rent expires, when she hasn't broken any tenancy laws.
Where does she start from? She had the rent with her but to get a new shop in about 5 days time is near impossible especially when she doesn't have the money to pay for other charges, that is, “the agency and agreement fee” that would be required to get a new shop.
It is injustice but where would the tenant even get the money to fight the case against the landlord? Even if she does, I am yet to see where a poor person wins a case against a rich and powerful person.
I want myself and family in a place where the rule of law isn't just stated but implemented. If there is a country out there where the law applies to everyone, where rich people don't just buy and bribe their way out of crimes, where everyone is made to face the music, then I would gladly move permanently to that country.
“But you would be rich too, shouldn't you do the same and abuse power?”
No. I wouldn't. In order to stop something then actions must be taken. If not for myself but for my children, or else the same circle continues. Rinse and repeat. My children will grow up thinking it's a normal thing for the rich to go scot-free while a poor person should rot in jail if they commit the same crime, amongst many other things.
“Is there any country out there where everyone is treated equally and fairly?”
If there is. I am leaving immediately to that country but if not, I would stay put because then there's no point in moving to another place where I would face the same thing all over again.