The best line on this contest was. 2012 with that election the country has changed 😢. All our dreams we had, escaping from dictator communist country Soviet Union is taking away since than…. It was so clear , we will never have America great,safe and respectful again So sad, disappointed and painful 😣. Thank you for saying all.
I served USA with years of my life, I literally spilled my blood and broke my body for her. My only son followed my footsteps served and came home so broken he took his life two years ago. Only to be told was told by a “duly elected” President I was an enemy of my country because I refused to “obey” decrees that were and against everything the USA ONCE stood for. The USA has fallen and God willing I will be able to escape whatever it is becoming.
@@aycc-nbh7289 Sure bro, he is working to fix the wrongs. Like designating parents as terrorists for not wanting their kids indoctrinated with A...Z ideologies, sure bro
My father served during Vietnam; I retired from the Army, my son is still serving with the 101st. Three generation with a combined 50 years of service; I am done with America; has been in Mexico since 2016, only come back for VA care and visitting family.
"When people are scared they will vote for what's good for them." Bingo! Now you know why governments all over the world work so hard to give their citizens something to be scared of.
@@matthewfusaro2590 Yep ,and the Communist. That's how FDR was allowed to lock up thousands of Japanese Americans without due process, and in violation of their civil right. It's how the "patriot act" got passed and how the DHS got formed. It's how they got everyone to wear masks, stay home and not go to work or to church.
We cannot blame the politicians. It's the responsibility of the citizens to elect representatives with integrity and strong moral character. If we elect short-sighted, self-serving scoundrels shame on us! I'm looking at you, Gavin Gruesome.
@@truthseeker9454I believe your position is flawed. You can only vote the candidates presented. Imagine choosing between Trump vs Hillary, or Trump vs Biden
@@JH-rk9gd I think the majority of American politicians stopped putting citizens first in the 80's. But it's a very personal, subjective observation. These days we have narcissists and true psychopaths running the show. It doesn't make much difference whether it's Democrats or Republicans. The real control and power is neocons, military industrial complex and corporations. Then you have WEF, IMF, WHO, etc. While everyone's panties get twisted by trans, race and war, THEY are busy stealing everything that isn't nailed down. And, these crazies are flirting with WWIII. Glad you asked! Good luck with your health!
America was always more about the ideals than the reality... but the ideals had merit and rang true to most people's ears. Now the country is largely run by and populated by people who despise and are actively trying to destroy those ideals. America has never been less America than it is now. Personally, it disgusts me. The wholesale arrogance and entitiement disgusts me. I'm planning my escape now. Thanks for the enlightening content
exactly. however, america has always been an extremely psychopathic country run by psychopaths....those ideals were nothing more than tools to keep americans believing they were superior to everyone.........if americans believe they were superior to everyone else, they would be eaiser for the psychopaths to manipulate. And it works.....we elected an orange pedophile and people are willing to vote for him again.....there's is something seriously with americans....they vote with their racist beliefs and their ridiculous religious beliefs....
Totally agree. Seems like the US is doing absolutely everything possible to destroy itself these days. Good luck to you! I left 18 months ago after wanting to leave for a long time. So grateful to be out of that toxic soup.
The ideals had merit? Sounds like white privilege america celebrating freedom the idea of true autonomy with July 4th 1776 yet black people were held in bondage !! Think !!
What? One of the main intolerable acts that led to the Revolution was the British preventing the ethnic cleansing of Indian lands. How is that a high ideal?
The left has nothing right to address crime and wealth creation. The right has nothing left for the working poor and the marginalised. Both can potentially ruin society if either hold too much power.
In my own paraphrasing: The Left talks progress and values, but it's turning into degeneracy; the Right has no values or core identity of its own, so it identifies itself in contrast to its political opponents.
Departed the USA over five years ago and I've never found a reason for looking back. Every day the world looks brighter to me. And my wife agrees. Also, friends are currently visiting and last evening they started asking how we did it and if it was possible for them to do the same.
@@nomadcapitalist I love America but like yourself, I'm beginning to feel politically homeless. I think the ship is sinking & nothing can save her. Don't think I can bare to watch what I love die & drag me down with it much longer
l agree with you 100,000 %. I myself left the US under Obama's second reign. And no matter how intelligent your vote is in the US, you'll have 10,000 unintelligent votes to make yours irreverent. Better to vote with your feet. Or as you say, go where you are treated best.
Larry David of Seinfeld does a skit involving the beginning of our country and one of his lines was "stupid people vote too!" So, his character signed the bill of rights. Funny skit.
I'm Australian, I agree. I believe Oz, NZ and Canada have always been colonies pretending to be countries. The globalists play a long game and the Crown had a plan. There was no such thing as an Australian until 1948. We existed for 1 generation and now it's over. I've left, never coming back. I will soon be a citizen of another country. The colonies never found the courage to fight for freedom So perhaps they don't deserve it. Any country that tolerates Albanese, Ardern, Trudeau is without hope.
I'm with you. I used to love Australia so much. However, the way our government treated us during covid, especially in Melbourne was horrible and its opened my eyes. I'm thinking where else to go..but I think it's a global problem
I felt this way a Long time ago. I was never into Hollywood and my vote was Libertarian. But COVID was the final nail in the coffin. Im only here because of Miami, the Florida Keys and Puerto Rico.
@@mayi757all major cities are shitholes. Even Houston is a bigger shithole despite being in Texas. People are trying to turn this into a blue state which is a big fuck up since we are right next to the border. I have to escape this place
Who is "they?" The rich elites? Because that is who this channel is a great advocate for. He thinks their concentration of power should be enabled and accelerated.
@@rocketpropelled Now we're getting somewhere. You think the rich in the United States are taxed at an unfair level? And the working poor in the United States are getting too many benefits they haven't earned?
My father and his family are Ellis Island immigrants from Soviet-controlled Eastern Europe. We know what emerging societal tyranny and systemic state corruption looks like. This nation is getting scary. I'm getting out as soon as I can. My brother and his family are probably right behind me. It's all so sad.
All the west is going same way. Western Europe, Great Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand same ideological pushes heading in same direction. Where should people go?
From a British perspective I started seeing the USA as a dangerous rogue superpower after 911. I had been there briefly before 911 and it occurred to me how oblivious Americans were to the effects the USA had internationally. It's as if 911 gave America's political left a reason to revolt, which has eventually led to polarisation and this woke mess. As an idea the USA started as a kind of "Magna Carta England 2.0" but in practice it's become a monster. I talk to a lot of Americans here in Costa Rica and they feel the same disillusionment that I feel about the UK.
Brits are systematically brainwashed by the BBC and have been for 2 generations. You only know one side of every story. Brits get 2-D caricatures rather than 6-D truth. The BBCs stock in trade is lying by omission. It's what they deliberately omit that makes what they do report a lie (in context). And that includes reporting on what they call "America" (hint: there hasn't been "America" (proper noun) on the map since 1776)
We can’t keep thinking that our rights and freedoms are safe in the west Head overseas I’m living in Southeast Asia and enjoying cheap peaceful life Get out . Watch the sh!zz show on tv haha
Sept. 11, 2001, I said, “I’m done”. I left 4 years later, never returned, except for the intermittent times required to visit family. A read through history can shed light on the why’s and what for’s. “Go where you’re treated best” resonated with me very much. Somewhere where the govt leaves you alone. There is no utopia, the trifecta model looks appealing. I’m not married to any country.
I am a USA citizen by birth. I have lived in the USA for most of my life (outside of 3 years I was overseas). My wife is a naturalized USA, originally from Vietnam. My parents are naturalized USA citizens originally from India. My sister's husband is a naturalized USA citizen originally from Poland. If you were to have asked me was I happy as an American in 2002, my answer would have been yes. I was gung ho to the point I wanted to join the USAF and follow my parents' footsteps. My parents served in the US Armed Forces. A lot has changed since 2002 for me. I had to take an Administrative Discharge from Basic Training due to mental health issues. I ultimately married my wife in 2003. I started traveling overseas more. I entered work in the private sector. Now, in 2023, I am not so sure that the USA is right for me anymore. I have not given up on the USA, but I am questioning where I belong, despite my doing well in the USA. Increasingly I am being drawn more and more to either Southeast Asia, Southern Europe, or Latin America. Will see what happens.
Respect for getting out during boot camp. After that you have no choice but to the the 4 year contract. It was your choice, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise 😊
Looking at the history of civilizations, as the people become deracinated and detached from the land, the people move to the cities and willingly become slaves to the state, they push for free stuff and push for increased government power because they are weak. At the same time the ruling elite are so powerful they seek to import more dependents into the empire who will also live in the cities and push for bigger government. These two things happen in parallel, the concentration of power begets more concentration of power begets a weaker and more detached demos who seek more free stuff. Once the cycle starts its unstoppable. The US has all the signs of a global empire that is past its peak and is on the slope down. For me, I think it was the day I realized that all the institutions in the West are dead set on open borders (not just for the US but for all of the West) and the US will never have secure borders or stable demographics or a culture again. The US is essentially the open marriage of model of nationality. Its an extremely unhealthy relationship. The irony is that I want to live in a place that doesn't want migrants at all. Those are the most stable nations and cultures over time.
I’ve been in Mexico now for geez, almost two years and it was confirmed to me long ago that back in the U.S. I am politically homeless: I can choose either between Bible-thumping authoritarians (Republicans) or condescending, virtue-signaling jackoffs (Democrats). That, and the fact you get too little for your money in the US (from either the public or private sectors) led me to leaving
so you think Mexico is different politically? or because at the moment you are getting more for your dollars. reality is, that will end and Mexico is the same politically. enjoy the decline
I wish a country could exist with 2A and zero property taxes, but I realize that could never happen because the USA would quickly come liberate us from such ideal conditions.
The problem is development. As governments develop, get richer and grow, things always get worse. Doesn't matter where in the world you are...or what your government calls itself. Go to less developed places and you generally have more real freedom. However, if you go too undeveloped, you have to be more cautious and prepared to defend yourself.
@@the_gilded_age_phoenix8717 Yeah it's something I realized when traveling through Europe. Western governments are actually more intrusive than those in eastern Europe, but not because some are better or worse, but because some have the means to. Basically, governments will always have horrible ideas, and sometimes the only thing preventing the implementation of those is lack of funds and capability.
I started a sole proprietorship in 1993, then backpacked throughout Europe in 1994, got inspired and started an S-Corp in 1997. I really stopped giving a shit in early 1995 during the OJ Simpson trial. At that point I stopped watching the news and focused on my business. I've worked remotely on and off ever since.
You are spot on about people voting for their best interest even if it is bad for our country. I realized this years ago as an elected official and so walked away from serving. I would like to find a country that once had restricted freedom and is now on the path to embracing freedoms. America is no longer such a country.
Nope....USA is about EQUITY of outcomes!!! We will all be made equal in the end no matter how many millions they have to starve/freeze to death to get it!!! "progress".
You are asking for things that are simply incompatible! A society with "restricted freedom" would be similar to what the West was like 100 years ago, or, say, what China and India are like today. People are capable of thinking beyond their own selfish interests. They accept society exists, there must be rules to keep people in place in good behaviour, and the common good trumps the narrow interests of any individual. Such societies have high degree of social solidarity and are ripe to boom. At some point, as people become wealthier and more independent, they become more narcissistic ("embracing freedoms" as you say). They stopped caring about other people. They see the State as just a nuisance. And they become what the US has become today, and then society declines. History is about the rise and fall of societies. Longer-lived societies like China, Persia, India, etc. have seen these cycles come and go.
@@darkgardener9577 What exactly is "freedom"? There will never be limitless freedom nor is that even desirable. Western societies (led by US propaganda) has become so distorted it can't even comprehend any kind of balance in a society. No one in the rest of the world thinks "freedom" is the only thing that matters. Freedom has to be balanced against social stability, the national interest, security, and general welfare of the society.
@@pineapplesareyummy6352 Dunno the US was pretty selfish back during Manifest Destiny, Monroe Doctrine, and what about Texas independence where they rebelled because Santa Ana wanted to get rid of the slaves they promised not to have?
“Make things easier for business.” I would say “for SMALL business.” Big corporations get plenty of breaks. The small employers are one of the biggest drivers of new jobs.
I'm no where near a 7 or 8 figure earner but I will be leaving the US asap. I am a retiree and am finally sick and tired of these politics which seen to be getting worse. I am one of your subscribers who has been educated by your content.
If you have $1000 a month coming in. You can get residency in costa rica. For yourself and your spouse. 13 different micro climates in a country the size of Rhode Island. Check it out.
I left the US for China about 5 years ago. Slowly I realized how compartmentalized and controlled the US media is towards China. I feel safer here, the cost of living here is cheaper and a public transportation system is way more advanced. I've had my cultural adjustment moments, but I've never regretted the move. I think I've gradually stopped caring. Criminal politicians, complacent citizens, insane ideologies, proxy wars, border crisis, toxicity everywhere. You'll find happiness when you capitulate to the insanity and stop caring. If you've ever had a drug addict in your family and tried countless times to assist them and help them, but to no avail they go back to the drug. You finally realize they have to help themselves or die. Oddly enough, at that moment is when happiness moves in and takes over. You have a life to live... stop waiting for America to get it together. Either the population will wake up or they won't.
Everything has failed in my life. I am almost broke. I am ready to leave the US for greener pastures also. I would rather work customer service abroad than be miserable here.
I stopped caring about America on 9/11 when I watched 3 buildings collapse orderly into their basements after 2 were struck by planes and chaotic fires broke out. Two buildings collapsed after people ran in to rescue others, but the 3rd (admin center) building was evacuated... order does not spontaneously arise out of chaos. It was clear to me who was cared for in America. I moved overseas, faculty at medical schools and then director of an infectious disease research center (Asia and Africa). Returned to the US to serve in a foreign service agency as a senior policy advisor, and later I started a business based in Seattle doing similar work mostly in Asia. By 2014 the trend was clear, America was getting worse while other nations were rapidly getting better. The vibrant entrepreneurial atmosphere, the improving quality of life and love of family outside the U.S. has been the most telling indicator. The U.S. does not care about Americans, no matter how much they care about America. Sold my business and moved away in 2016. Last visit to Seattle, it was unrecognizable. Aside a few vanity buildings and toy trams, it's an expensive wreck. And yes, no one I have ever voted for has won.
@@toromontana8290 Voting isn't going to do anything. The entire system is in on it. Voting is nothing more than an illusion of freedom to keep us just satisfied enough that the ones in power will be left alone. We're a point where the only thing they're going to respond to is force but unfortunately most Americans are lazy cowards and won't do anything. Sure you have pockets of people in rural communities but nothing substantial enough to create any type of real change.... the US is doomed.
The US is too big to succeed. I agree we cannot vote ourselves into prosperity, and I have also lost hope that we can even vote ourselves out of debt. I have been becoming more and more disgusted with how things are going here for more than a decade. All the ridiculousness around covid in 2020 was my realization that we had already passed the point of no return and the US no longer existed, and honestly hadn't existed for some time. And I wasn't sad about it. Like at all. And 15 years ago had you asked me, I probably would have called myself a patriot. That's long gone. The country I grew up in gone. And I don't care. In fact I am glad. It was a shell of itself anyway so now I can let it go without any second thoughts.
I believe they will cancel the '24 because we'll be further involved in WW3. Which means it's the end of the US with another four years of the Democrats in control.
I actually think this country is in decline thanks to the FED and its endless printing of money to feed its propaganda wars in which to secure its interest of the Oil industry to back the US dollar. This is not a sustainable model in the long term and they know it. But I bet they already have something in plan
I didn’t know Bernie was for ending citizenship based taxation. That’s amazing. To think if there were know superdelegates Bernie would have been on the ticket, and may have won.
I abandoned the Democratic Party after they denied Bernie twice. They probably will do the same with RFK Jr. Honestly, the Republicans are awful too. I kind of gave up and highly considering living abroad.
One point: Patriotism doesn't mean you blindly follow whoever happens to be the leader. It means you care about the people. You don't become more patriotic by paying more taxes, specially if you think the ones managing that money aren't doing a great work with it
I think the same happened to me about Brazil. After realising that that place will never work out and most of the people there want to keep living that mediocre culture of soccer, samba and drunkness and do the things poorly I just gave up. They follow their path. I follow mine. And I don't consider myself brazilian anymore. That was liberating. I recommend everyone take the same path. Patriotism is a cancer that consumes you.
I am American … my wife is Brazilian… we own property in both country’s…. We constantly debate where to park our money… the answer is neither and where we go is classified…
You realise the US is (or at least used to be) worse in every way than Canada? The gap has narrowed now. All the bad ideas from the US has travelled north. Go to Vancouver, and you find homeless encampments full of drug addicts, just like you see in Philadelphia, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Neoliberalism may well have started with Reagan and Thatcher (UK), but its disastrous effects have now truly spread across the entire Western world leaving no country spared.
Your description of politicians slowly unrolling a secret agenda and a populace voting for leaders on the basis of promised goodies or their good looks describes my experience of Canada and the Trudeau/Singh government. The country has changed drastically but most Canadians don't yet realize the degree to which citizens have been disinherited by the government and the social credit authoritarian system that is being built around them. The truth is such a nightmare most prefer not to see.
Your propagandist national media are converting them into believers. The Pavlovian conditioning your citizens receive on a daily basis is relentless. Truth is being replaced emotionally, not intellectually. You cannot argue nor debate someone's "feelings" about public policy.
That’s why the population in either high or planning to move away While the Chinese buy Toronto and Vancouver up Take some time for yourself Head overseas and see some of the world Get out of Canada Take a job overseas and relax a little
I am not from the US (I have no plans to live there), and honestly, I don't see the US as a country. I see it as a big business, and that's the reason I invest in it. As long as it runs as a business protecting profits over people, I will keep investing in it.
I've been a subscriber for a few years, and have learned a lot from this amazing channel. Watched the "why I renounced" video, and it spoke to my soul. There have been 2 times in my life, in the early 1990s, that someone said, to my face: "If you don't like it, go back to Africa". I was highly offended. In October of 2020, while on my morning walk, there were two guys doing some construction on a hotel across the street from me. One of them shouted at me "you don't belong here". And for the first time, I didn't get upset. I just smiled, silently agreed with him, and thought, "No, I don't. I'm going back to Africa." Thank you Andrew.
A wise move Sandra, but stay away from the medicine. The Establishment has been using Africa as a testing ground for years. The only reason to go to a medical establishment is NONE. Good luck and God Bless You!
I stopped caring in 2020. That’s when I was ready to leave and never go back. I never liked America but found myself chasing the American Dream because I was brainwashed to believe that is what will make me happy and successful. I was struggling with my mental health, however. You can not be happy and successful if you are not mentally well. I have been out of America for almost 3 years. My mental is so much better. Family trying to convince me to go back to America. Never. I’m not even a citizen. Why the hell do I want to live in a country that is not my own and makes me extremely unhappy?
That's because the US isn't a real country or society. It's every person for themselves. You probably learned like many other immigrants chasing the rat race - the so-called "American Dream" that is closer to a nightmare than a dream - that the narcissistic, extreme individualism and excessive consumption of the US does not make anyone happy. Real happiness is found in relationships, in a strong society, with real culture, and wholesome values diametrically opposite to the ideology of the US that "greed is good".
We are born and raised USA and moved abroad over 2 years ago. We never looked back. I could never live back there again after living differently abroad. We are healthier now physically, mentality since leaving. We can afford to live now on our pensions
@@jmvpams1380 I don't experience that. All the people I know said they wish they could leave. No one is SIDING with the enemy!!! The enemy is the USA GOVERNMENT and big Pharma
Not to wax too fraternal, but that was exactly the same day I knew that America was over. I retired from the military in 2009 after 20 years of combat service, and the day they called the re-election of Obama was the day I knew that all the mud I ate and blood I spilled was for nothing. After Biden's horrific withdrawal from Afghanistan, I went from general apathy to raw revulsion. When the DOJ sent out a memo calling veterans and concerned parents "domestic terrorists," I was done. I was a nomad in the military, and that never changed.
@@landonbarretto4933 Thanks for that profound statement of brilliant intellect. I cordially invite you to hold your breath until I care about your opinion.
Take your resources, knowledge and abilities and take care of yourself. An elected President, congress and/or Senate will not come and save you. Especially in that country the US.
Sweetlady please get out while the getting is good. Safest areas south of Ethiopia to Nigeria and from Nigeria south to South Africa's border, but not into the country. God bless You and Good Luck!
Absolutely loved the message! At first, we thought that we would NEVER be able to retire, with the cost of living, taxes, inflation etc constantly rising here in the US. Now, we’re planning on retiring in 1-2 yrs, taking our money and moving to another country, where life is affordable, and the people are happier. Can’t wait! #gowhereyouretreatedbest
Thanks Nomad Capitalist. I'm moving to Cambodia soon. There is nothing like living in a state of illusions. I want to live in reality not someone else's world.
So true. Really thinking about this there is no shortage of tax money coming in and we receive nothing from it. All our tax money is just supporting a separate economy called the government
This is something most people have to realize today! We all are politically homeless. Our States these days are totally failed therefore they only care to buy voters and support bankrupt businesses by taxing you ten times higher than any other time period in human history. In reality we all hate our Governments and feel politically homeless and this is why Governments return back taxes, bureaucracy and regulations for every person able to make his living so they can support the masses that can't .
In truth, the states are not "totally failed" but you can see the "leadership" obviously flirting with finding where those fault lines are. Not trying to provide excuses; just saying we need to keep paying close attention because this thing isn't over yet, and there are many paths still yet to unfold
@@OurNewestMember we don't need to pay attention, we only need less public sector and bigger privet sector. Less taxes and more entrepreneurship , less bureaucracy and more freedom. Otherwise we wont escape the social misery we are in, and we only see it growing . Our systems have failed and we have no excuses anymore.
@@vpowerization I definitely see your point, but the systems are not just big, they're also very complex. To protect ourselves from further backsliding of freedom, we should look out for the newest tactics to hijack governance with shady campaign finance, etc, to see when we're up against new ways of shoving false information onto the public (using legacy and social media campaigns, apparent collusion, etc). I think for us to do what you're suggesting, we need to improve our understanding of (ie, keep paying attention to) what the "neocons" are doing, so we can overcome the problems that make what you're saying difficult or impossible to achieve. In some sense it would be a relief if I'm wrong on this, and we can just focus directly on improving things
I get it! People often get mad at my disregard for the US. As if I said ' I'm going to set this place on fire because I hate it '. That's not my idea or thoughts at all. I simply treat her the way ahe treats me. With not much regard. But my understanding of this country is just that America has always looked out for itself at all costs. That's how it got here... it's not good, it's not bad, it just is. I don't take it personally... because I personally mean nothing to it. Act accordingly.
I do also think the 2012 elections were the death nail of American traditions. Now we're just watching the US go further down the track of the direction it picked. It might reverse course at some point when things get so bad that it's completely unlivable, but it'll take at least 2 or 3 generations after that to turn things around. The people who had the means and got out 10 years ago were very smart and read the tea leaves very well.
There are many Americans that wish they could move but unfortunately they can not because they are part of the "working class". I am also a "working class" American but I am very grateful to be able to work remotely and live where my paycheck goes farther. What keeps me up at night is the possibility of authoritarian rule in the US and that they put a tax or out-right restrict Americans from living outside the country.
Ask americans how many countries they know how to live in and could afford to. Ask how many americans born here know a second language AND enough culture to be able to function somewhere else. "Working class" people could be surprisingly successful elsewhere... IF they knew where to take it, how to live there, and even wanted to go.
@@fench1234567 I know spanish but I know there are many problems in Spanish speaking countries, the best thing would be to work remotely in an American company and live in a cheap spanish speaking country.
We can look at any country from different angles, take into account many factors, but.... At the end I just asked myself - am I going to raise my children in such environment??? This was the only decisive factor for me.
Jet Li, the actor, moved to the US in the early 2000s when he was introduced to Hollywood. He became a citizen and moved his family there with him. Then some years later, he took his family, left the US to Singapore and renounced his American citizenship. That guy always comes to my mind whenever the topic is about leaving the US or not. I think Mr. Li didn't want to raise his kids in the states due to educational system and degenerate teen culture.
@@nightowl7261Cultural wise, he could never fit in in the West no matter how hard he tried, especially more for Chinese people, unless he's ready to assimilate with other cultures and renounce his own culture like people from other continents did
A lot of governments don't realize that if taxes are low, the businesses will be happy to run and continue which causes them to earn more from successful businesses. A high tax rate scares away businesses and causes there to be lower income.
Glad to see you were in Kapadokya Türkiye when your heart changed. You are right taxes and permits are killing American businesses, I owned a small collision shop for years and it was incredible what the government snatched from me
America is currently plagued by the hydra-headed evil duo of inflation and recession. The worst part about this recession is that consumers are racking up credit card debt. In April alone, credit card debt went up 20% while rates have doubled in a year. Inflation is so high that consumers are literally taking debt for basic life necessities. Collapse has indeed begun..
Every day we have a new problem. It's the new normal. At first we thought it was a crisis, now we know it's a new normal and we have to adapt. this year will be a year of severe economic pain all over the nation.. what steps can we take to generate more income during quantitative adjustment?I can't afford my hard-earned 180k savings to turn to dust
An obvious way to invest for a recession is to buy shares in businesses that are likely to experience steady demand even in a downturn. Typically, those are consumer staples, utilities, and healthcare companies, but off course such decisions cannot be made by an average Joe, a financial advisr is important in making this decisions
I feel like the disparity between politicians and businesses is the lack of understanding of the general public of how a business works. Since politicians are constantly pandering to the general public, they seem so out of touch with business people. I don’t mind paying taxes as a business person- but I want to know to what ends they are going. I probably do more for my colleagues than the government ever would and that really should not be the case.
Watching through these videos made me realize I can move down to Mexico as a Japanese and English interpreter and make a good living. Mexican parents means I’m Mexican too. Just gotta finish my USMC contract and see what I think then
Unfortunately after losing basically everything after the bush debacle/ recession, etc. I'm stuck here, now preparing for the final chapter!! Costa Rica is now out of reach for us....
Don't give up the dream. Hold tight and work harder. I am a soldier/historian, let me tell you that right now is a good time. We are heading for truly difficult times.
I grew up overseas in Africa as a kid, even though I’m an American. I never really understood the reverence for the USA since I had been to many great countries as a kid. Now having lived in the USA for 15 years or so and really coming to love our history and ideals of liberty and justice for all I’ve come to the realization that those ideals are slipping away from my grasp. I still identify with the ideals of the founding fathers, but my day to day experience is now different.
Nomad capitalist be like: “If you can’t beat them , join them” ! 😂 Seriously tho all of our ancestors emigrated at some point, and we were mostly glad for it. Maybe it’s time again!
Why not move into space? We can escape there. Surely that must be a place we can live in relative peace and if troubles come, well fuck we can litterly move away.
Yup, 2008. That's the last time I voted. The Republicans and Democrats have been two wings of the same bird. Once you're politically homeless, you might as well leave.
You’re dead right in regards to voting for self interests in the US. Personally, I hold no interest in entrepreneurship, however, I believe there are similar goals between us. I found your channel after researching how to live abroad and the best places to consider retirement and your content has been eye-opening!After 2004, I voted Libertarian in every election because I was fed up with the middle class carrying the tax load for unfettered government spending; while watching other receive thousands in tax returns who paid little to zero in, meanwhile, I’m cutting the IRS a 4000.00+ check after working 50 hrs a week every April 15th. Watching my purchase power dissolve has helped motivate me to consider learning another language and leaving the US. Six figures doesn’t mean as much as it did even 3 years ago. Where I think we may disagree is that I see corporate welfare as more of a problem in this country alongside the rampant cronyism pervading government programs. True capitalism works when no one is “too big to fail”. I have no issues with CEO salaries so long as there are no government funded safety nets for their terrible decisions. You’ve earned another sub, for whatever that’s worth to you friend 🙂
You voted libertarian? That was bright. There's never been a libertarian society except in Ayn Rand Novels. If such existed you couldn't live in it because it would be completely lawless.
I have been learning Japanese & Chinese, and you don't learn those kind of languages for any goal, they themselves are the GOAL. With chatGPT and other AI tools it should get easier to bridge language barriers though - I think only Spanish, Indonesian are practical to learn since Russia is too hard and demographic collapsing, and Chinese is too hard. Southeast Asia is too linguistically diverse.
That was because of the Bush's two wars that was not on the books and the Bush's collapse of the economy that he had to pay for. And by the way Trump added 8 trillion onto the national dept in a time of no war and no reason to. Both parties are to blame for the demise of the US. Until you stop with the Democrats are to blame the US will never get anywhere.
Seems in Canada, you have to choose: Nice weather in a liberal/ndp place like BC; or conservative shift in places like AB and SK. We can't have both atm, but this isn't by accident. Mild climate like BC, people don't care about political problems, it's still too comfortable unless you are broke. Whereas, AB and SK know they will struggle to survive if the liberal government takes away more guns, for example.
Is Uganda a good move? I’ve been invited to live with a family for awhile and now I’m considering it because it’s a country, not a nation.I’m not interested in living in the states anymore. Thank you 🙏
I wish i met more people like you living in the USA. I live in SF, home of the "smartest people" that somehow ALL THINK THE SAME I cant even have a normal conversation with anyone because everything is polarized, token textbook woke, and everything is about fear. I do not understand people, and it feels very lonely. My only exit is the nomad capitalize route I suppose.
I am also political homeless. I was not born in the US, but have lived here continuously since I was 2 years old (I am 28) and much of that was while waiting for a path to a legal status. My relationship with nationality is specific to the circumstances I grew up in, not knowing my official country at all, yet knowing that I was not a formal member of the country I resided in for 20+ years. There were times where I considered moving elsewhere, but that would be unfair. The US is my country and even despite all the political frustration, I would still much rather be here with temporary assurances than anywhere else without those worries. I respect your story and experience, but many of us take what America is for granted.
Most countries offer free healthcare, in Mexico there is free education at all levels (college and university), financial support to elderly, financial support to young unemployed and much more. The US uses all of this money for social support in it’s armed forces. So think for a minute what this means. No public health care, expensive college, high taxes in exchange for a huge armed forces. That is not welfare.
You are exactly the person described in the book , The Sovereign Indivdual by Davidson and Rees-Mogg. Even though it was written in the 90s, it predicted the crumbling of the large nation states and the rise of the sovereign individual - those who go where they are treated best. It's a fascinating history o fthe use of force alongside advances in technology that have led to this unique time in history.
I felt the same way when South Africa fell into pieces. Left. Very happy I did, not just for me but my kids first of all. All doing well. We are spread all over Europe, but I feel my home is the world. I will go where life is good.
I don’t think this is about just the US. It is pretty much most of the developed countries, Canada, UK, France, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, they all are the same. The countries like Russia and China are in a totally different level of tyranny. Would you rather choose a 3rd world country with corruption and lawlessness? I think only a few options are left.
I've been voting for over 50 years and my choice in candidates almost never get elected. Usually it is a choice between the bad and the ugly. It seems the worst choice (not my choice) get elected and many times under questionable circumstances.
Interesting perspective. I can certainly understand your feelings about this. Many of our fellow citizens want massive hand outs, without work and expect others to pay for it without any concern for others. You work and give to me for free…
Well said. I've been like this for years. I knew for years of how higher taxes and regulation only hurts growth and the economy however, today it seems like 95% of everyone under age 40 wants more regulation, more taxes and heck bent on socialism for the USA. So I'm always seen as the moron because my ways are too outdated being that I'm gen x at age 40.
I discovered your channel by recommendation, but you content is very interesting and has made me think about my future differently. I'm a UK citizen, but not really patriotic and disillusioned by politics, the thought of holding citizenships abroad has crossed my mind but you really break down the benefits of doing so and where would be advantageous very well, to point I'm seriously considering doing so (not an entrepreneur like yourself and your clients, maybe I'll be there one day).
I left the US more than 10 years ago myself from the Northeast to a high-tax European country. At the end of the day I'm paying about what I was paying in the US (close to 40%) but with a few big differences. What I get is a society where there are social goods-- health care, longer life expectancy, food that isn't tainted by herbicides, insecticides, hormones or antibiotics. Where I can drive on roads not riddled with potholes and bumps. Where I don't have to worry about violence. And where Citizenship-based taxation is an aberration and needs to be repealed. But there is another more sinister form of 'taxation'. You won't see it in the media because the media gets that same money... The fact that in the US we have vested interests that lobby to keep prices high. From health insurance to prescription medications, from cable TV, internet, to cell phone services and even to airline tickets, Americans pay a lot more and get a lot less than what people get in other developed countries. Which amounts to nothing more than a corruption tax on what they think are free market services...when they are nothing more than rigged in DC by (and profits) . Those are worse than taxes- those surplus charges are corruption, plain and simple. A legal mafia-style tax.
Another thing yall have to keep in mind is the third world and developing countries are becoming more innovative than first world already developed countries third world and developing countries are able to do this without becoming too modernized because there capitalizing off of there agriculture and great infrastructure
The societal division you are talking about is half the country is supporting socialism and communism through 50 years of indoctrination in America's universities and colleges. (These institutions conveniently left out how many millions of people worldwide have been murdered under communist regimes.) The other half is supporting capitalism. Therein lies the problem, both cannot survive in the same place at the same time. One will conquer the other and capitalism is not going to lose.
Warm regards from Canada🇨🇦🙏🇺🇸, oh you should see the garbage we deal with in Canada: Discrimniation against White Canadians by new immigrants😀😀, high taxes, high cost of rent, non existnant health care, and lots of stealing by government officials. A lot of Canadian born citizens are moving to the US. Your situation is way better, but, of course, you know more than I do. 🌹🙏 Great channel. Thanks👑.
@@landonbarretto4933Hahaha yeah Canada is too superior, especially the Indian that stole $48 Millions from the Canadian gov't in Ontario. Do not you ever think that we are sleeping.
That day for me was when I realized that the dumbest/uneducated/uniformed person I know has the same voting power as I do. One. Simply for being born and making it to the age of 18. Nothing else required. And that also will never change.
Exactly. And not just Obama saying that. At the same time Mitt Romney was advancing a similar ideology. "You Olympians, however, know you didn't get here solely on your own power. For most of you, loving parents, sisters or brothers, encouraged your hopes, coaches guided, communities built venues in order to organize competitions. All Olympians stand on the shoulders of those who lifted them. We've already cheered the Olympians, let's also cheer the parents, coaches, and communities. All right! - Mitt Romney So both parties were promoting the idea that there is an American "society." And that individuals that work 40 hours a week deserve things like a living wage. Or that there should be some economic rights associated with American citizenship. Or that there should be controlled borders so American workers don't have to compete with tens of millions of illegal aliens. And tragically this seems to be the direction the country is heading in.
Obama, July 13: There are a lot of wealthy, successful Americans who agree with me - because they want to give something back. They know they didn’t - look, if you’ve been successful, you didn’t get there on your own. You didn’t get there on your own. I’m always struck by people who think, well, it must be because I was just so smart. There are a lot of smart people out there. It must be because I worked harder than everybody else. Let me tell you something - there are a whole bunch of hardworking people out there. (Applause.) If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life. Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you’ve got a business - you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen. The Internet didn’t get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet so that all the companies could make money off the Internet. The point is, is that when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together. There are some things, just like fighting fires, we don’t do on our own. I mean, imagine if everybody had their own fire service. That would be a hard way to organize fighting fires. So we say to ourselves, ever since the founding of this country, you know what, there are some things we do better together. That’s how we funded the GI Bill. That’s how we created the middle class. That’s how we built the Golden Gate Bridge or the Hoover Dam. That’s how we invented the Internet. That’s how we sent a man to the moon. We rise or fall together as one nation and as one people, and that’s the reason I’m running for President - because I still believe in that idea. You’re not on your own, we’re in this together
It's like your argument for moving because your home country is becomming like an abusive spouse. If you want to really know what is going in your country it pays to listen to news from outside nations. As a dysfunctional family will never see the true depth of it's flaws from the inside. it takes an outside observer.
Bernie Sanders' brother has lived in London for at least a couple of decades and is, or at least was, active in Democrats Abroad (DA). (In fact, the brother actually gave a moving nominating speech at the 2016 Democratic National Convention putting his brother's name into consideration for President, for which I was there.) Hence, ironically Bernie is one of the only Senators (actually an Independent, not a Democrat) who is sympathetic to getting rid of citizenship based taxation, because, due to his brother's situation, he realizes how unfair it is and the unique, difficult, and expensive challenges faced by American expatriates living outside the US borders.
What keeps Americans believing in America is not the U.S. Constitution, but the principles of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness expounded in the Declaration of Independence. And what causes them to ideologically or physically leave the United States is knowing that although in today's America the inalienable rights are alien, they remain universal, and thus can be practiced and lived elsewhere.
@@aycc-nbh7289 I think you meant to say that other democracies "only allow people of particular ethnicities to exercise these rights". Don't forget. Inalienable rights are inherent, innate, inborn. They are not handed out by governments. But governments do restrict them.
@@pncicitap2519 But if your access to your "inalienable" rights is restricted by said government then they only exist as a Utopian ideal. Which sounds uncomfortably like Left Wing flakery.
I agree with a lot of what you have to say, but corporations have screwed workers for years underpaying them and overworking them. I worked in Japan for 2 years and it was a much more fair system. Wages have not kept up with inflation for decades, unions have been gutted and health insurance and cost of living in the USA are out of control.
I never thought leaving both Canada and the USA till last week. I see that Trudeau and Biden are joined at the hip. See similar idiocy in Europe. So need to seriously consider global south
As I read through the comments section, I see many that mirror my own. I'm a veteran. I served 10 years and sacrificed everything until all that I have left is me. No family. No job. Untold debt. A lingering loathing and disgust for what this country has become. I once felt pride at being an American; now all I feel is embarrassment. America was once held in such high regards, and now because of "foreign policy" (another way of saying "Corporate Greed and Overreaching/ Aggressive Political Ambition"), many countries are now "America Neutral". Wonder why. Could it have been the how many times that U.S. banking institutions put the world economy in the toilet? The U.S. political engine interfering in another sovereign nation's internal affairs? Sadly, once I have finished with my Bachelors Degree, I am taking the two people that have been watching my back the last five years and we will be beginning our "exodus", leaving the U.S. in order to start anew in another country (preferably one with no strong U.S. ties).
Throughout the world freedom and being a citizen of a country comes with some responsibility. It's not just vote, I did my part, leave me alone and walk away. You need to get involved and organize groups to holding elected officials and government agencies accountable. You need to be involved in politics from the local to national levels to make changes; simply relying on market forces, laissez-faire, and "don't tread on me" approach is not enough.
When he said that you didn't build that he was talking about infrastructure. Pretty much all businesses benefit greatly from infrastructure and most of them didn't build that infrastructure. There are of course some exceptions like Amazon but they are few and far between. That message resonated with a lot of people. I stopped being politically involved when Bernie was more or less ousted by his own party twice and the candidates that I adamantly didn't care for were pushed through by the party twice. On top of that as long as our elections are based on plurality then candidates will win that represent the minority. None of the parties represent me or have a place for me. On top of pluralities America also has a strong issue with fascism. It just loves fascism. Democratic party probably 50% fascist. Republican party 75% fascist. Now there's a new corporate party that is all about being fascist. The corporations pick the candidate and run everything. The government isn't for the people. It's for corporations. I, as a voter, have no place in it anymore. All I can do is watch from the sidelines as large corporations form alliances (special interest groups) and duke it out with each other. Candidates should have corporate logos all over their suits like Nascar so that you atleast know which corporations you're voting for. You're not voting to be represented. You're voting for which group of corporations you want to win. Ultimately power is going to consume any political system. A lot of people don't pay attention to politics. They don't necessarily know that America is a fascist state. They're too busy being grinded into stone by corporations to think about anything. There are a lot of issues I have with America as well as capitalism. Land is way too OP to be allowed to be owned by private individuals : /. Capitalism only worked when there was way more than enough land to go around. Now that there isn't it's failing the vast majority of people. Maybe when we start expanding to other planets land won't be as OP anymore but for now it is wildly unbalanced and desperately needs a patch. Another wildly OP thing is automation. It didn't used to be OP but nowadays it is to the point that it is a detriment to the vast majority of the population. A single person with a lot of resources can run an entire empire by themselves solely via automation. They won't need anyone else. They can control all of the land, achieve military power.. imagine a country of only 1 citizen ; ). That's how OP automation is. If you aren't automating then you are going to get ditched because the people you are serving are going to automate you out of existence =P. Will literally destroy economies because people won't have need of others anymore. Automation needs a wild nerf =). We need to redefine the our society around these new realities: land scarcity and automation. If we don't then we're heading headlong into a dystopian future far worse than anything we've seen to date in fiction.
