[Dalaran1991]

When you think about why people who are upper-middle classes like us who did everything we could to get the fuck out of pussy paradise like Vietnam, Philippines and SA, you start to ask questions.

I had 4 years of fun with USA and I dont think I would ever go back there, but it's still a great country where the idea of being a self-made man is more or less feasible. Try doing biz in Vietnam or Russia without paying the right mafia / police gang, and see how long until you end up on the wrong side of the bar. As much as you protest it, the gap between rich/poor is much much higher in other countries than in USA. The richest Vietnamese are probably richer than Bill Gates for all I know, but the average Viet has a much lower standard of living than your Joe.

Besides that, the right to have guns and swords and do all the fun stuff in your backyard is fucking awesome.

3rd world countries are great if you are the top 5% because then you stop paying people, people pay you. But if you are middle class (which most of us will be) it is much better to be a middle class in US / Erope than in 3rd world.