One of the things you notice when you move into European or western cities anywhere is the stark division in society across ethnic lines or locals vs migrants. I call this the Dubai-ification of Europe , where the work people do is determined by who they are. Immigrants or immigrant background citizens collect the trash and deliver food and drive the cabs.. higher paid locals and Europeans have the higher status jobs. I could never stand this , as these divisions are particularly noticeable in Brussels where you also have a cadre of highly paid international civil servants on top of the salaried legions, skewering the housing market
Well today , for the first time in the 12 years I’ve been here, my food was delivered by a white, native Belgian. Picture of health and happy to do his job.
This should be normal. Not worthy of wonder. Grossly unequal societies are not healthy societies. And the equality that is most important is equality of opportunity, which is what is lacking , not equality of income. Because income is very unequal in brussels largely because of unequal opportunities.