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Actually, there are many folks who say: "I don't enjoy living in a police state, so I moved from [US/EU] to [Singapore/Hong Kong/Chile/etc]. Those are the peopl
by dualogy 15y ago
Actually, there are many folks who say: "I don't enjoy living in a police state, so I moved from [US/EU] to [Singapore/Hong Kong/Chile/etc]. Those are the people who do not spit chewing gum anyway, who don't need to smoke outside anyway, who don't take drugs anyway, who don't care much about the western "political process" and "participation" (ie. majority decides to redistribute other peoples' income for this or that pet project or an undefinable "common good") anyway -- but who increasingly DO care about and frown on ever more regulations getting in the way of their perfectly legitimate non-harmful businesses, increasingly totalitarian approaches to net censorship and surveillance, unprecedented intrusive airport patdowns, massive tax burdens on their startups (a tax dollar saved is a profit dollar earned and keeps people employed and prices competetive etc.) -- believe it or not, they feel they gain a few years of "freedom" -- the freedom to build something profitable privately and keep it running and earn its proceeds -- in places like SG, HK, UAE.
Yes, Jehova's Witnesses shouldn't be jailed and talk about Islam shouldn't be regulated by the state. But then the state also shouldn't strangle and paralyze up and coming non-aggressive mutually beneficial peaceful productive businesses. So to any entrepreneur or business guy who personally doesn't care about Jehovas Witnesses and Islam, which places do you think represent the greener pasture?