We should also remember that most Muthaiga-living expatriates in Kenya actually come from quite humble British housing estates, where they were packed by their thousands into tiny rooms. Expatriates are like that: a rule in the home country carries more weight than a rule abroad. This is presumably why expatriates sometimes commit crimes that they’d never commit in their own countries – again, a form of cultural arrogance. And so, expatriates want to ‘get out and escape’ after months of sitting at home in the UK, eating awful takeaways and getting ridiculously fat. Or perhaps we’ll stay as we are, going out less and spending less, nibbling away at consumer capitalism in the process.

Source: Standard Digital August 03, 2021 12:00 UTC