Apartheid South Africa's economy was already experiencing troubles as far back as the 1970s and 1980s. All of that happened despite a majority of the population being marginalized and mainly used as a cheap source of labour.
Respectfully; this forum encourages discussion. It is not good enough to say Ukrainians are neighbours and would integrate better than refugees from other countries.
At the expense of devolving into whataboutism, Eastern and Western Europe do have their genuine cultural differences. Will the western world still be as accommodating of Eastern European refugees in ten or twenty years?
Let us not speak in parables and downvote legitimate conversation.
One of my favourite things about the great work done on Proton is that some Windows exclusive 90s era games of my childhood run better on Linux than they do on modern versions of Windows.