Even though they historically used to have a great backup system for their historians and government records.

see link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veritable_Records_of_the_Joseon_Dynasty

In exhange of a increased standard of living. Whatever “increased” would be, it would probably be much better than the current situation.

The people I know that are from Venezuela are pretty happy about this, they see this as a chance to get rid of Maduro.