Romantics will say that money doesn't buy you happiness. But looking at the country rankings and their living standards I have to say this looks to be false.
The North Korean war aim was to conquer the South. That was a failure. You might say the Chinese fulfilled the goal of their entry if you want to but in no sense did the Communist side "win".
People should promote the best person for the job not just whoever ticks the right racial or religious boxes. It makes prejudice worse when you do that as people start disliking minorities in high level positions because they wonder if they really deserve to be there.
Italy has refused to do anything about them so far because they know they'll just move north. Same with Greece These two countries should be cut off from the rest of Europe with fences until they take action.
Northern Europeans are quite basic in how we approach food. We don't really give it that much thought.. Mediterranean countries on the other hand view it as very important.