The short answer is, "we're not at that point yet." Right now it is still fairly safe to be an "American dissident". There are a lot of things wrong with the

The short answer is, "we're not at that point yet." Right now it is still fairly safe to be an "American dissident". There are a lot of things wrong with the US, it has its share of inequality, injustice, corruption and human rights violations, and it seems like we're going more one step forward/two steps back at the moment, but progressive change is still something you can fight for. There is still a chance of winning, and more importantly, it's still safe to lose. Not in the "things can't get worse" sense, but in the "if you come at the king" sense. In the US, you can challenge the reigning kleptocrats, expose their crimes, embarrass them, and then fail to remove them from power, and while it is frustrating and depressing, you can still live a long and happy life. It's when that last part stops being true[*] that I would start asking myself if it is time to get out.