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From your profile, I see that you live in Brazil. One of the top 20 countries for homicide rate[1]. Plenty of it's own human rights abuses[2], and one of the
by Zimahl 13y ago
From your profile, I see that you live in Brazil. One of the top 20 countries for homicide rate[1]. Plenty of it's own human rights abuses[2], and one of the bottom 15 for income equality and distribution.
The defense you made for the US, even kinda proves it, I don't care the race of the president, or about anti-abortion...
My examples were showing the freedom we have here in America. Whether it be personal or financial, it's certainly not as bad as you portray it. It's on the same level as the UK, France, and Germany. There's give and take for what you are going to have to live with. You aren't going to find some utopia in the world today, but the US is a fine place to live.
So if not the US, assuming you have zero restrictions for moving, what do you think would be a better country to live in?
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_Brazil http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_Brazil
[2] http://newsjunkiepost.com/2013/06/27/glitter-of-brazils-world-cup-hides-inequality-corruption-human-rights-abuses/ http://newsjunkiepost.com/2013/06/27/glitter-of-brazils-worl...
[5] http://www.tradingeconomics.com/brazil/gini-index-wb-data.html http://www.tradingeconomics.com/brazil/gini-index-wb-data.ht...
- speeder 13y agoActually, not in Brazil either... Except maybe some farm areas in the middle of nowhere, but I dunno yet. I am currently searching, interesting spots so far have been Singapore (not without its faults though), other SE Asia countries, Scandinavian countries, Quebec, New Zealand... But I don't had a decision yet of where I will go, but certainly not the US, although it has some very free and interesting places, the US federal government infamously is quick to meddle into stuff (like your raw milk, or Waco, or Roe vs Wade). Brazil has the same issues as US, plus some other ones... But Brazil living in the middle of nowhere is more feasible (the government here last pulled a Waco in 1800s, currently it leaves people that want to live far from urban areas mostly alone).
- Zimahl 13y agoAlright, to each his own. Your focus on Waco is making my point that you are only focusing on very high-profile subset of the negative. Waco was terrible but not as innocent as you are portraying it as. If you would've said Ruby Ridge I think you might get some agreement. If you want to live in the middle of nowhere in the US, have at it. The government won't bother you unless you do something really messed up, like manufacture drugs for sale, murder people, or don't pay your taxes. You can milk your own cows, grow chickens for eggs, be a subsistence farmer if you want - there's no one to stop you from doing that. I'm not sure what you want to do that you'd think the feds would bother you.
- speeder 13y agoI don't know if you saw in other posts of mine, but I am very much against current US government behavior, I am outspoken about it, and I support non-terrorist organizations related to that subject. I am very sure I don't need to do anything "wrong" to attract negative attention of US government, even if I live in the middle of nowhere...
- Zimahl 13y agoI can't help you realize that you're not important enough to the US government to justify your paranoia.