Hear hear. I like your barnacle analogy and it applies to many people on and off these boards. A infamous south african vlogger makes many videos with gripes about China, and the visas, and the fact one can never become "Chinese", yet he still clings to the place like a barnacle to a pier with a younger chinese wife. It is pretty sad when you can only set your ambitions as high as China, a whole other world out there, but you won't convince the defenders and GW's of that fact mate!

Good post!