This essay is pseudo-intellectual. I'm not here to defend the USA, my beef with this article honestly has nothing to do with its message. I've heard several reasons people move out of their home countries, and as the child of immigrants (and the friend of many expats) I fully support these kinds of decisions.
What annoys me is this article is written abstractly and is saturated with metaphors, but actually lacks well-argued points to support its wild claims. How can someone argue against "itβs clear your path is unsustainable. Collapse is mathematically guaranteed"? It reads like a diatribe from someone who has seen very little of the world.
It's a bit rambling at points. But I can't say I don't disagree with many points.
I have been living in a third world country for close to four years and in many ways it feels more free living here. I can't put my finger on exactly what it is about this country that makes me feel that way though. Perhaps it was largely just the act of moving. Perhaps it's that this country has less resources to put people away.
I have been looking into the easiest options to get a second passport so that I always have a plan B.
What this article (or whatever you want to call it) doesn't seem to hit on is that the U.S. is made up of fifty different states. Perhaps the federal government just needs to shrink and let the states do their thing.
I soon stopped reading for the same reason. However, US collapse is highly likely, if only because every time we kick the can down the road on the national debt we accelerate the debt growth. We certainly won't be paying it back, but when we inevitably can't borrow the ever greater amounts needed to keep kicking the can down the road, pain will be felt by most. I don't think we'll go back to the stone age. More likely we'll be a third-world country (with nukes), like Pakistan.
What annoys me is this article is written abstractly and is saturated with metaphors, but actually lacks well-argued points to support its wild claims. How can someone argue against "itβs clear your path is unsustainable. Collapse is mathematically guaranteed"? It reads like a diatribe from someone who has seen very little of the world.
I want my 10 minutes back.