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As an American, I have some bad news for you: - First, the rest of the world doesn't want us - unless you're retired. If you're retired and have money, then th

As an American, I have some bad news for you: - First, the rest of the world doesn't want us - unless you're retired. If you're retired and have money, then they'll talk. - Political instability? Many, many countries in the world would envy our "political instability." Don't lose sight of that. - Canada definitely doesn't want a huge influx of us Americans. I lived in Canada for a while working on a project. It's probably the worst of all worlds - so familiar, yet so different. - Every generation of Americans have been called to stand and fight for America. Now it's our turn. We're letting them down if we flee now. - Understand that America worships money above all else. Whichever party wins just understand they'll be working on behalf of our corporate overlords. It's pretty much been that way since the days of the Rockefellers. - When you're really feeling down, just remember Thomas Jefferson thought the common man was too ignorant to be trusted in electing leadership. That's why he only got to elect a representative. The state legislature elected the state senators, and the electoral college elected the president. These days I'm thinking maybe ol' Tom knew what he was talking about? ;)

perrygeo 2y ago
As an American who has lived abroad for several years, exactly this. The grass is not greener. America may have its problems but there is social/economic/environmental/political instability everywhere. Do you really want to sign up for unrest that you don't understand, in a completely new context, with different cultural values where you don't know who to trust? And if you have a family, good luck uprooting everything they know. I understand that the US has problems too but consider they are familiar problems and, to some extent, they are your problems as well. You can't run away from them without cutting ties. Personal anecdote: I moved my family back to America, as it happened exactly on Jan 20, 2017 (inauguration day). I could've chosen to stay abroad but I felt a sense of duty to return and support my stateside family and friends through what was sure to be a hard four years, soon to be a hard twelve. Re: the Jeffersonian ideal, I concur. Capitalist-mediated mob rule (which is effectively what we have now) has absolutely no resemblance to the republic envisioned by our founders - we must return to that politeia. If not, we explicitly give up on the cultural experiment that we once called America. Our current system bears no resemblance and is in danger of losing sight of that vision in the next generation.

perrygeo 2y ago

As an American who has lived abroad for several years, exactly this. The grass is not greener. America may have its problems but there is social/economic/environmental/political instability everywhere. Do you really want to sign up for unrest that you don't understand, in a completely new context, with different cultural values where you don't know who to trust? And if you have a family, good luck uprooting everything they know. I understand that the US has problems too but consider they are familiar problems and, to some extent, they are your problems as well. You can't run away from them without cutting ties. Personal anecdote: I moved my family back to America, as it happened exactly on Jan 20, 2017 (inauguration day). I could've chosen to stay abroad but I felt a sense of duty to return and support my stateside family and friends through what was sure to be a hard four years, soon to be a hard twelve. Re: the Jeffersonian ideal, I concur. Capitalist-mediated mob rule (which is effectively what we have now) has absolutely no resemblance to the republic envisioned by our founders - we must return to that politeia. If not, we explicitly give up on the cultural experiment that we once called America. Our current system bears no resemblance and is in danger of losing sight of that vision in the next generation.