[Dalaran1991]

As you know, Im in France and plan to stay in Europe long term.

People ask me about my time in US so much. I give them the same story: "its the best place to visit, spend money and make money. Shitty place to live and love and grow children"

Then I go on about:

-How a lot of people are obese
-How they are culturally retarded. I was at a top 30 liberal arts college and an instructor didnt know where Vietnam was. Didnt his father/uncle/friends go there in the 60s?
-Except NY and a few big cities, they are clueless about fashion and classless.
-How retarded the whole political system and political correctness are.
-And of course, the abysmal state of dating.
-Feminism
People who have been to US always agree with me, but they also ask me why? Why is USA, well, the USA? What led to this status quo?

I attributed it to a lack of cultural heritage which make people rely on individualism. But other than that I couldnt find any cause that isnt an effect.

You can say is feminism, but where does it come from? Why is it so fuck up in USA and not in France, where you actually have the richest woman in the world and a shit tons of powerful women?

You can say the unhealthy McDonald lifestyle, but where does that come from the whole McDonald/Pizza gouging and getting obese? Why is Germany not like that? People are rich and fast food are big but they are still very healthy.

I was also gonna say Hollywood, but where does Hollywood come from?

Keep in mind that once upon a time, USA was good, very good. The strong pionner men and their supporting wives who conquered the whole continent and wouldnt be afraid getting into a fistfight or going bear hunting. How did it come to this?

You guys travel a lot and are well read, care to give me some insights?

[Sp5]

Oh, another bash the USA thread.

I've lived in Europe (Germany, Italy, Ireland, Spain) and it's easy to feel that these places are wonderful. And they are wonderful, up to a point.

Over time, you notice the faults in these places, too. German unfriendliness, Spanish customer service, Irish small-mindedness, Italian dishonesty. Overall authoritarianism.

Americans think of Europe as high culture. The truth is that European proletarian culture is lower than American. Cheesy pop songs on the same drum machine beat, football hooliganism, vulgar TV shows, porn almost everywhere.

People are more constrained in Europe. Pretty much everyone gets "tracked" at an early age, and that's what their life is. Everyone you meet can be classified immediately - by social class. It's true that they "enjoy" life a lot, if by enjoyment you mean one month vacation and 35 hour work weeks. But the USA is still ahead of Europe in dynamic thinking.

[Handsome Creepy Eel]

I wish I had one month vacations and 35 hour work weeks

Over here in Croatia, I get to enjoy Americanized women without either American wages or European order and social safety nets.

That said, the only reason I'd live in the USA would be as an investment, to save money in a few years and get out of the western world in general faster.

[El Chinito loco]

(09-10-2014 03:27 AM)Dalaran1991 Wrote:  

I attributed it to a lack of cultural heritage which make people rely on individualism. But other than that I couldnt find any cause that isnt an effect.

I wouldn't say the U.S. is completely bereft of culture but it's definitely "culture-lite" compared to a lot of countries. The country just hasn't been around long enough yet or endured existential crisis to cement a strong identity. U.S. identity is still rapidly shifting and redefining itself. Modern day U.S. patriotic/nationalist rigmarole is a bit like bandwagon fans cheering for the championship team. They don't know exactly why they do it but they've been told it's the right thing to do ever since they were young. When you think about it it though it doesn't mean much since the "community" in modern America is nearly nonexistant. Without a community how can you have a solid meaningful national identity.

The result of this is that people glom onto pop culture, sports, scenes, and other superficial shit. People seem to form their identity around these things and live it. This is why some people in America sound so artificial. When you look at how people speak, dress, etc.. sometimes it feels like you're watching a sitcom. They pattern their tones after tv characters, phrase drop pop culture shit every 2nd or 3rd sentence, and are very try-hard at the image they portray.

Sometimes satire/parody has the only honest portrayal of the culture it's depicting. South Park is funny not because it's completely absurd but because it contains so many kernels of truth which show how absurd everything actually is. Same thing with any of Mike Judge's stuff like Office Space, Beavis and Butthead, or Idiocracy. It's all very true deep down.

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You can say is feminism, but where does it come from? Why is it so fuck up in USA and not in France, where you actually have the richest woman in the world and a shit tons of powerful women?

The theory that feminism is closely related to victorian/puritan values has a lot of merit. The hypocritical militant type feminism seems to flourish in the anglosphere the most. There's already a lot of good stuff written by other forum members here about this. Anonymous Bosch in particular.

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You can say the unhealthy McDonald lifestyle, but where does that come from the whole McDonald/Pizza gouging and getting obese? Why is Germany not like that? People are rich and fast food are big but they are still very healthy.

There's a bad food culture that is high in processed ingredients with lots of sugar and salt. People are also overworked, stressed out, and drive all the time. When people aren't working they lead sedentary lifestyles in their suburban homes.

[Dalaran1991]

(09-10-2014 04:28 AM)Sp5 Wrote:  

Oh, another bash the USA thread.

I've lived in Europe (Germany, Italy, Ireland, Spain) and it's easy to feel that these places are wonderful. And they are wonderful, up to a point.

Over time, you notice the faults in these places, too. German unfriendliness, Spanish customer service, Irish small-mindedness, Italian dishonesty. Overall authoritarianism.

Americans think of Europe as high culture. The truth is that European proletarian culture is lower than American. Cheesy pop songs on the same drum machine beat, football hooliganism, vulgar TV shows, porn almost everywhere.

People are more constrained in Europe. Pretty much everyone gets "tracked" at an early age, and that's what their life is. Everyone you meet can be classified immediately - by social class. It's true that they "enjoy" life a lot, if by enjoyment you mean one month vacation and 35 hour work weeks. But the USA is still ahead of Europe in dynamic thinking.

Not bashing anything. I said its the best place to visit, make and spend money. I want to know why USA is USA, not criticizing it. We have more than enough of that.

Im in Europe long enough to know the moments you need to tear your brain out and say I wish I was in USA, but thats not for this thread.

Eel, what do you mean by USAnized women in Costa Rica?

[Mage]

USA is the strongest country in the current world and a cultural and economic empire and therefore it attracts:

-parasites who want to leech from it
-sociopaths who want to raise their status trough it


This is simply the fate of being the political center of the world. Rome in it's time was the same.

[Handsome Creepy Eel]

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Eel, what do you mean by USAnized women in Costa Rica?

Croatia, not Costa Rica. Costa Rica is far away and I don't know what women are like there.

I mean more or less this:

Roosh Wrote:

Dating Croatian girls is a PAIN IN THE ASS. They flake, they change their mind, they bring their friends, etc. It was a nightmare.
...
these girls are throwing a lot of bullshit at me. I'm not surprised you Croatian guys got to learn game.
...
My game in Croatia automatically turned cocky because of the amount of attitude I encountered. The attitude wasn’t automatic, but it happened enough where I had to turn on the parts of my game that I haven’t used since America

http://www.returnofkings.com/4509/everyt...tian-girls
http://www.returnofkings.com/4706/16-tip...tian-girls

Also in the immortal words of bojangles, "Croatian girls are far more flaky than British ones" and "They also receive far more attention online".

Don't take this as doom and gloom. Of course, it's not nearly as bad like in USA (I've been to the fairly similar Australia so I got a good idea of what it's like in the very developed anglosphere countries). The point I want to make is that the level of Americanization here is disproportionately high for a medium-income, messy, developing country like Croatia. And Croatian girls are very hot (see Happy video in my sig for examples), with still extremely low obesity rates.

If you have a western income at your disposal AND very good western game, Croatia will be heaven for you. Do come and indulge.

For me, still earning a decidedly Croatian income (working on diversifying though), the fact that I can use lots of game to bang some hot sluts doesn't really provide any solace. I'd rather be in the USA and earn good money along with banging sluts, even if they were less hot.

For any more questions, just send me a PM so not to derail the thread.

[Deluge]

(09-10-2014 03:27 AM)Dalaran1991 Wrote:  

I attributed it to a lack of cultural heritage which make people rely on individualism.

Anglo-Saxon societies are the most individualist on Earth, it's a cultural inheritance from England. An unfortunate side effect of which is feminism.

(09-10-2014 04:28 AM)Sp5 Wrote:  

People are more constrained in Europe. Pretty much everyone gets "tracked" at an early age, and that's what their life is. Everyone you meet can be classified immediately - by social class.

Western Europe now has higher levels of social mobility than America does.

[Cr33pin]

[The Beast1]

It started with female suffrage in the early 20th century and the "sexual revolution" cemented it into a generation of boomers. We're starting to see the consequences of this as the boomers have been gaining power since the early 90s. It started with Clinton maybe Bush Sr, but America will be brought by these fools.

We'll most likely see America collapse or something close to it. I wouldn't be surprised if there is some sort of cultural backlash against the elderly boomer people working because they have no retirement.

[TigerMandingo]

Well, this is definitely not an easy question but part of the answer I think lies in the outcome of the Civil War.

The South, slavery excluded, had many aspects that we can say were traditional and in line with manosphere thinking: communal, strong family values, patriarchal etc. Meanwhile, the North was the prototype of the US that we have today: individualistic, hyper-capitalist, with a general go-fuck-yourself mentality. So once the South was wiped out, all the good values that it had were destroyed as well, and the values of the North prevailed. Movements like feminism and gay rights therefore flourished in the US because Northern values provided the perfect environment for these parasites.

[El Chinito loco]

(09-10-2014 09:12 AM)frenchie Wrote:  

We'll most likely see America collapse or something close to it. I wouldn't be surprised if there is some sort of cultural backlash against the elderly boomer people working because they have no retirement.

A serious collapse is definitely coming but..european countries have undergone several to form their identity. The U.S. is really at the unruly teenager stage in this regard. The problem is that America has only faced one singular existential crisis and that's the civil war. Even then one side (American) would have still taken over, so i'm not sure if I would call it that. How will America handle it? I have my doubts to be honest. America is very factional..almost like the Balkans.

[Dalaran1991]

(09-10-2014 09:21 AM)Cunnilinguist Wrote:  

Well, this is definitely not an easy question but part of the answer I think lies in the outcome of the Civil War.

The South, slavery excluded, had many aspects that we can say were traditional and in line with manosphere thinking: communal, strong family values, patriarchal etc. Meanwhile, the North was the prototype of the US that we have today: individualistic, hyper-capitalist, with a general go-fuck-yourself mentality. So once the South was wiped out, all the good values that it had were destroyed as well, and the values of the North prevailed. Movements like feminism and gay rights therefore flourished in the US because Northern values provided the perfect environment for these parasites.

I lived in Richmond VA, the jewel of the south during the civil war. Some of the folks there are still very red pill. They have good old school style bars too.

Never thought of it like that, but I guess the Civil war did change things in favor of blue pill.

Actually, come to think of it, any extremely socialistic liberal country has the same gender problems as USA. Look at sweeden and Roosh s post about it.

[VincentVinturi]

It's an unanswerable question.

Because there's no way to pin down cause and effect in a huge, complex system with so many factors.

I was actually thinking about this yesterday when I had my first interaction in a while with a European girl.

Something about talking to her made me feel just...stupid.

It's like everything I said merited an argument even when I wasn't proposing an opinion as such.

And then I remembered I'm in Thailand and how much I love Thai women and how I never feel this way with them.

Why are Western women different from Thai women?

Is it the culture? Genetics? Environment?

In the end, it's impossible to determine and perhaps not even worth thinking about.

[TheWastelander]

We got fucked by our own incredible levels of success, opportunistic politicians, and the stupid masses of the underclass who keep growing every year thanks to the policies of aforementioned politicians and their media whores.

[Sp5]

Whatever its faults, the USA is freer and fairer than just about any place else.

You can say whatever you want: e.g. fags are perverts, Obama is a fuckwad, niggers suck, crackers blow, ragheads must be bombed, we need a communist revolution, fascism is the solution, men are useless, cunts stink, I love Hitler, follow Mao's shining path. Some of what I just wrote could get me jail time in Europe.

It's easy to start a business, you usually don't have to pay bribes or be connected.

Cops need a warrant to enter your house. You don't have to carry a national ID card all of the time, but you can carry a gun if you wish.

If you're arrested, you have the right to remain silent. You can question your accusers. You get a jury which your lawyer has hand in picking.

It's a big country of more than 300 million people of all kinds. Some are sickos or just irritating. It's the price of freedom.

If you can't find a sweet American woman, look in small towns, other parts of the country, Mexico, Thailand, wherever. You can go there easily.

[DChambers]

America is being destroyed by design that's the problem. The power elite want a society in which collectivism and dependence on the state is in firm control.

Feminism makes women dependent on the State instead of their husbands and family and destroys the family unit in the process. Welfare erodes peoples' ability to rely on their own abilities. McDonald's and fast food is so popular because it is cheap, it is cheap because the government subsidized the corn industry allowing ranchers to feed their beef cattle for pennies on the dollar translating into lower prices for burgers and the like.

America had a fine culture for many years based on self reliance, free markets, Christianity, and liberty.

Nearly every social problem today in the U.S. can be traced back to the government. They are working at full force to make every group dependent on them for their welfare and their rights. Strong independent men with firm values and the nuclear family are the greatest threat to the State's ability to control it's populace.

For some reason I hear many Europeans bash on America's individualist nature, but individualism is always better than collectivism. Individualism gives everybody a reason to look after themselves, and lets each person determine their own value. In collectivism this is impossible, each individual is only as great as the sum, they are simply a cog in a great machine.

[The Reactionary Tree]

The reason America is terrible today is because of the Baby Boomers. They are the single cause of most of the problems. They are a bunch of draft dodging chickenhawks and drug addict hippies who tore down and rejected the traditions of previous generations. They are the ones who spit on soldiers coming home from war. The ones who destroyed the institution of marriage. The ones who came up with helicopter parenting. The ones who created the special snowflake generation. The ones who are the wealthiest generation of human beings to have ever existed ever but about half of them dont have enough money for retirement. They are selfish & entitled. They'll be screaming gibmedats with Social Security & Medicare for the next 30-40 years thus bankrupting this country just in time for their deaths.

[Sombro]

(09-10-2014 10:22 AM)The Reactionary Tree Wrote:  

The reason America is terrible today is because of the Baby Boomers. They are the single cause of most of the problems. They are a bunch of draft dodging chickenhawks and drug addict hippies who tore down and rejected the traditions of previous generations. They are the ones who spit on soldiers coming home from war. The ones who destroyed the institution of marriage. The ones who came up with helicopter parenting. The ones who created the special snowflake generation. The ones who are the wealthiest generation of human beings to have ever existed ever but about half of them dont have enough money for retirement. They are selfish & entitled. They'll be screaming gibmedats with Social Security & Medicare for the next 30-40 years thus bankrupting this country just in time for their deaths.

Boomers and those in their wake decided it was more important being friends with their kids than being parents.
I was noticing this shit going on around me when I was ten. (I'm Gen-X, my parents are Silents. They were nothing like the neighborhood boomers that spoiled their brats.)
I had a hunch then this would have far-reaching effects in the future.
It's worse than I realized.

[Dalaran1991]

(09-10-2014 10:22 AM)The Reactionary Tree Wrote:  

The reason America is terrible today is because of the Baby Boomers. They are the single cause of most of the problems. They are a bunch of draft dodging chickenhawks and drug addict hippies who tore down and rejected the traditions of previous generations. They are the ones who spit on soldiers coming home from war. The ones who destroyed the institution of marriage. The ones who came up with helicopter parenting. The ones who created the special snowflake generation. The ones who are the wealthiest generation of human beings to have ever existed ever but about half of them dont have enough money for retirement. They are selfish & entitled. They'll be screaming gibmedats with Social Security & Medicare for the next 30-40 years thus bankrupting this country just in time for their deaths.

A lot of you agree that its the boomers.

But why did they all act in such way? What motivate them and cause their behaviors?

I understand Im asking you guys to fit a library into a post but this keeps getting interesting

[TigerMandingo]

(09-10-2014 10:58 AM)Dalaran1991 Wrote:  

A lot of you agree that its the boomers.

But why did they all act in such way? What motivate them and cause their behaviors?

[VincentVinturi]

(09-10-2014 10:19 AM)Sp5 Wrote:  

Whatever its faults, the USA is freer and fairer than just about any place else.

I'm sorry to...differ with you, sir.



The US has the highest incarceration rate in the world with one of the scariest prison systems in the world.

US jails are FUCKED man.

Even juvie is downright frightening and I don't care if you're the biggest, blackest mofo on the block, somebody's going to come after your ass sooner or later.

The fact that 'Murrica has standardized legal procedures and laws that are hard to get around even if you line officials' pockets actually makes it less free in the most practical sense.

So many of the laws are unjust and overly punitive.

So if you do something stupid, you're pretty much screwed.

Or what if some chick you pump and dumped cries rape and then gets you incarcerated?

Happens all the time.

What then?

You'll be taking it up the ass in prison, that's what then.

At least if you make a normal, human mistake in the 3rd world you can sort of bribe your way out of it.

That's a good thing.

A little corruption is a check/balance to power.

Or in the case of false rape allegations and shit like that, you wouldn't really have to worry about it.

At least in much of the so called uncivilized 3rd world they don't make a habit out of throwing people in jail on the basis of he said she said.

You can still wind up on the wrong side of the law if you piss off the wrong people of course.

And no country is free from some really whack policies.

But in the US you need OJ Simpson levels of money to get off the hook.

And even he barely made it (and wound up back in jail anyway!)

What's more, the police and feds have authoritarian levels of power.

And they're mostly incorruptible by civilian levels of cash because they're already at the teat of the biggest source of money and power in the world: American tax dollars.

As a US citizen living abroad, it was lovely to learn that Americans are among the only citizens that get taxed by their benevolent government while living abroad.

Americans have to declare foreign bank accounts to the IRS.

Renouncing a US citizenship is incredibly costly and difficult.

Especially if you're a high earner.

They don't want you to leave and you have to ask why?

Americans can be unreasonably jailed and are unreasonably jailed on a regular basis.

Miranda rights my ass.

I remember a hick cop violently cuffing me years ago and interrogating me in Florida trying to get me to incriminate myself.

Me: "Are you going to read me my rights?"

Him: "Shut the fuck up scumbag."

Americans are globally tracked and have tabs kept on them wherever they go.

The US has extradition treaties with a shit ton of countries.

So if they want you, for whatever reason, you can be in bumblefuck Cambodia and they'll track you down and ship your ass back home to deal with you American style.

The US may be free in principle.

And it may even have been free in its first 100 years or so.

But those days are long gone.

If you want freedom in today's world, your only option is global arbitrage.

E.g. incorporating offshore to relieve tax burden, second passports to diversify sovereign risk, and other here-and-there methods.

There isn't really any one place you can go anymore (if ever there was) where you won't find some group of mothercopulators reaching in your pocket or trying to screw you over.

I will say, however, that it's good to have a US passport...for now.

And it's good to earn in US dollars...for now.

But to paint the US as a beacon of freedom is cooky talk.

[TigerMandingo]

(09-10-2014 10:19 AM)Sp5 Wrote:  

Whatever its faults, the USA is freer and fairer than just about any place else.

This is exactly the type of response that prevents any sort of self-reflection and critical thinking on the part of many Americans.

It's like doing P4P and saying, "Well, it's better than jerking off."

[The Beast1]

(09-10-2014 10:58 AM)Dalaran1991 Wrote:  

(09-10-2014 10:22 AM)The Reactionary Tree Wrote:  

The reason America is terrible today is because of the Baby Boomers. They are the single cause of most of the problems. They are a bunch of draft dodging chickenhawks and drug addict hippies who tore down and rejected the traditions of previous generations. They are the ones who spit on soldiers coming home from war. The ones who destroyed the institution of marriage. The ones who came up with helicopter parenting. The ones who created the special snowflake generation. The ones who are the wealthiest generation of human beings to have ever existed ever but about half of them dont have enough money for retirement. They are selfish & entitled. They'll be screaming gibmedats with Social Security & Medicare for the next 30-40 years thus bankrupting this country just in time for their deaths.

A lot of you agree that its the boomers.

But why did they all act in such way? What motivate them and cause their behaviors?

I understand Im asking you guys to fit a library into a post but this keeps getting interesting

It's not that hard, look at the parents of the boomers. They were the ones who suffered through not only a great war, but also a period of a boom (the 20s), the bust (the 30s), and then ANOTHER world war brought on by the piss poor resolution of the first war.

Understandably, the "great" and "silent" generations both underwent extreme hardships. Their attitudes were hardened and they didn't believe in the BS we see today.

The boomers started coming around 1946 and didn't see the extreme levels of poverty and struggling that their parents saw. In fact, they were lucky enough to miss most of the suffering and grew up during the 1950s which is where all of the struggles of the previous decades were being rewarded with cheap energy, a booming manufacturing center (because the rest of the world was in shambles), and a solid currency. Not to mention the ultimate plus of cheap energy in the form of oil.

The boomers entered the job market in the mid 60s and 70s where they had cash, cheap credit, and even better cheap energy. What we saw with the boomers is what happens when an entire generation has seen nothing but economic success driven by cheap energy. What better time to be a selfish pig when everything is cheap and jobs o' plenty.

Now, the cheap energy is gone. The manufacturing sector which was America's muscle has been gutted. The "wealth" we see in equity markets are being driven not by true value, but an inflated bubble driven by boomer retirement accounts, pensions, and QE.

The government is massively bloated and inefficient and the "welfare safety" nets that the boomers happily put into place during a time when energy was cheap are no longer affordable.

Welfare, food stamps, and above all social security are definitely serviceable if energy was cheap and we actually created tangible things. Intellectual property has no value when one can hack and copy the information. Copyright means nothing to geopolitical countries.

Their principle motivation was disregard for their parent's values because every generation thinks it is smarter than the last. The collective boomer generation and their leaders however were stupid to assume that they are exempt from scarcity.

Ironically, the boomers could have saved themselves if they embraced nuclear power that doesn't help create nuclear weapons. We have the technology to save ourselves, but we can thank a bunch of scared environmentalists who freak out at the word nuclear for the mess we're in.

Take Europe for example, do you think the whole "natural gas" problem could be easily mitigated by opening a fuck ton of nuclear reactors.

They're a generation that is out of ideas, stuck in their ways, and will get a nice healthy slap when their "great society" programs fall flat on their face because the government prioritized food stamps and the military. I personally look forward to it.

[PUA_Rachacha]

It's hard to say what has caused America to become this way.

I'm American, used to live and work in Germany, then moved back to NYC about six years ago because of my career.

I can tell you that I miss Europe all the time and travel to Germany every year for work and vacation. I miss it more than ever and wish I could move there, but I'm in an LTR, and the girl (actually from the Baltics but has been in the States since she was 10) doesn't want to move there. Primarily the language issue, which I get.

Some of the things that annoy me the most about America:

- How most American cities were demolished in the 1950-60s in the name of progress. I'm talking about a Robert Moses type of guy who decides to lay down an interstate in the middle of the city. Thankfully Greenwich Village in New York was spared thanks to Jane Jacobs et. al. But most American cities are fugly. At least we have our national parks.

- There is some regionalism in the states, but it's not deep. I can fly from New York to Los Angeles, and people generally talk the same, eat at the same chains, have the same-looking houses, and dress the same. For a country that prides itself on individualism, most of the country looks uniform and cookie-cutter.

- The control Hollywood has on people's mindthink. Not only do I believe that most Americans talk the same because they're constantly listening to actors on TV and in the movies with virtually the same accent, but many think the same too. Tolerance of feminism, ridiculous gay behaviour, Al Goreism, and acting like everyone's equal, is highly influenced by Hollywood, make no bones about it.

- The ridiculousness of college credentialism. Whereas before college was reserved for the few who wanted deeper knowledge, it's now basically necessary to even get a non-wage internship. Since firms cannot judge someone based on their IQ, they have to indirectly judge by seeing a person's college credentials. The game has progressed now that you likely need a Masters just to progress in your career, and in many fields, a PhD is required. The collegiate system is devolving into Mandarinism. This, however, is happening in France too with the Ecoles.

- Conservatives, with whom I most identify, are completely retarded when they support the current collegiate system with Stafford loans, etc. Tuition at my old college now runs over $50K/annum, which requires most families to shoulder a huge burden, or kids need to take out significant loans. If a kid leaves college with over $50K in debt and little career prospects, he or she has a greater chance of becoming a ward of the state, and thus lean more left. This nonsense of throwing taxpayers' dollars towards higher education, but the university staff has a different political agenda than yours and will thus try to spread their message, should be stopped. Either no more federal support of higher education, or nationalize the universities.

- Racial tension. Liberals want to make you think that everyone's equal and we can live in harmony, but frankly, most people naturally segregate along racial, religious and status lines. I have no beef with people of other race or creed, but stop telling me, SJW, that we should all live together in harmony, otherwise I'm a racist or bigot. This is not how the world works, and you saying otherwise is like nails across a chalkboard.

- Political correctness has reached almost Orwellian levels. Unless I'm alone with buddies, out on a boat and out of earshot of anyone else, I can't really speak my mind. While I wouldn't be thrown into jail (huge positive of the U.S. by the way), my career or my relationships could be seriously jeopardized. I look forward to becoming independently wealthy (or retired) so that I can speak my mind and not give a shit.

- Americans seek relaxation in the form of entertainment. They always have to be entertained. There always has to be music blaring in the background. There has to be two dozen TVs in a bar. They needs 100+ cable channels. They have to have their iPads, iPhones, laptops, iPods, etc., along with them at all times less they be bored! This immediate gratification in entertainment forms has caused Americans, especially younger ones, to have very short attention spans. Drives me nuts.

- Since Americans want to be stupidly entertained, they generally don't seek to enrich their minds. Roosh is a huge exception for reading the classics. Trying to sit down with my friends and just have a conversation about anything not revolving around sports is a challenge. And the lack of developing their intellect leads to:

- Ridiculous political arena, where one politician tries to tell even more absurd lies than the other one because the average Joe lacks critical thinking. The Republicans are just as guilty as Democrats, hence the reason why I've become apolitical. The cold war between these two parties makes talking about politics with your friends, especially those who may not share your views, almost impossible, because one person tries to trump the other person's views with these lies spewed by politicians.

- Americans have no food culture like the French or Italians, and thus latch on to any diet fad. They also will just eat about anything salty, sweet or greasy, as long as it's cheap! Use GMO crops and channel subsidies towards corn and soybean farmers, so long as I get my cheap soda, chips, Taco Bell, etc. With the myriad of processed and fatty food available to all Americans, it's no surprise that 2/3 of the population is rotund.

I could go on, but that's enough for today. In essence, I believe that in 50 years max America will look similar to Brazil present-day. Rich people tucked away in gated communities, poor people in favelas, not much middle class in between. Either get rich, or get poor. The middle-class dream of America is eroding fast.

I'm probably going to start a family in a few years, and looking at the state of the family-raising in America, I want out bad. Got to pay a mortgage and real estate taxes out of the nose to afford to move to a town with a good school district. Got to have play dates set up all the time because god forbid you let your kid (obviously 6+) play outside w/o supervision. Got to have a scheduled agenda at all times lest the kids get bored. Got to play multiple sports and push that as a way to get your kid in college. Got to save all your free cashflow for the ass-raping that you'll get when your kids' tuition needs to be paid.

My salary and career prospects are better in New York. My single life was (much better) in the States (thanks feminism). But I think that once I have a family, I'd like to take my savings and live a really nice life in Europe.