I think Athlone has added to it quite well. Allow me to expansiate on that even further.
I have fam in the US that have grown up in Europe (UK in particular) and decided to immigrate to the U.S.
None of them have regretted the move.
Some of them complain about some of the stupidness they experience in America but when they weigh up the opportunities available in America against those in Europe, America wins..blatantly.
Most importantly,(and this is substantiated by my fam and friends from Europe not just UK but France, Portugal etc) I find that many, if not all, European countries do not offer the same opportunities to MINORITIES as they do to others.
Due to the fact that America is motivated by profit, by and large, they don't seem to care if you are as yellow as a cornfield or as dark as an inkjet when it comes to getting work and getting paid.
I have never seen such a diverse pool of millionaires in America. People for instance like Beetlejuice, Wee-man, the rappers (who many can not string a sentence together in English to save their lives) are making good coin.
Plug these guys into European countries and with their current skill set, they would be cleaning toilets..End of.
But in America, they have a shot at that fat gwap.
Athlone mentions that some have realised that money isn't everything. This is very true but my question is: At what point does money cease to become something.
We all have different financial thresholds or needs. Is it better to have too much money in case needs change, family situation etc, medical situation or is it better to have less.
Is mo money better than no money?
I, have personally been in different financial situations throughout my life and I can tell you this - money provides options.
Money means I can treat and host my friends if they visit me from another country. Money means I don't have to go to work if I don't feel like it.
Money means I can cough up something in an emergency.
Try telling that to the doctor when your family needs medicine or your crying baby is sick and needs a procedure done. You need food. You need to look after your grandma/aunty/wife/daughter/son.
I actually said this very thing to a deported Dominican in DR (he grew up in NYC before being deported for some crime) and he said to me in a perfect American accent:
"You try living in a third world country and then come talk to me about 'money isn't everything'"
He has a very very strong point there.
People yell and scream about America's ails and so forth but America is an open book society. Presidents get head in all countries, it's just America just shows their dirty laundry.
A lot of the bullshyt that happens in America exists in other countries but other countries are just better at bottling that shyt up.
Cupcake mentioned putting old ones in a nursing home, they do that shyt in UK and Canada too.
Many people sneer at America and they being slaves to salary until they come over and catch a fat paycheque with low income tax and watch how quickly they also buy into the 70 hour work week.
Americans in the right mind state (see some of the voyagers from the Roosh forum) have the largest funds to spend when they travel due to the way the American system is set up.
Many of my European friends enjoy life in their European countries but their money is tied up into the structures of their society via tax.
Someone mentioned that uni costs 50k per annum in America and so forth. It's free in UK (when I lived there) and other European countries but the taxes that you pay when you DO work, housing taxes (for renters!!), tv license, MOT, VAT these all funnel the money for these 'free' services.
I've observed America for a while (having travelled there umpteen times and absorbed so much of the media). I still like the opportunities afforded to EVERYONE in America.
You can work in Krispy Kreme donuts and still be able to afford a car, with insurance, put petrol in your car and pay rent.
Can't afford to do that in other countries. It's the bus for you, mate.
Clothes are dirt cheap in America so there is no excuse to be dressed bummy. They have clothes for all walks of people. In Europe, if you are a big man (and I don't mean fat), one of my friends there who is 6'5 has to buy all his decent shyt and shoes from America.
Food is so cheap, I don't give a fcuk how wild your appetite is, you can eat like a hippo and your bank won't even get touched with the insane American quantities.
Correct me if I'm wrong but get half a brain and you will be making some nice cake in America, they have so much fcuking jobs there that pay very well.
Some people complain about American women. Fcuk them. Toronto women suck too.
Just import them. Or travel three times a year and bang the shyt out of them in their home country. Canada is very close to America and we drive on the same side and talk the same way so you don't have to worry about flying to Europe plus having to learn some other language.
Canada is flush with all sorts of lizards. Asian lizards? Hit up Vancouver. White lizards? Hit up any part of Canada? Black lizards? Hit up Nova Scotia.
They also love Americans (ask G manifesto) so you don't even need so much bullshyt game. You are already exotic to Canadians. Just try not to diss Canada i.e say you love Canada and Canadians are so polite blah blah and she'll be tossing your salad by sundown (or sunup -whichever is closer).
From an adult perspective, I think the best way in possibly addressing America's ailments is to use all this money you guys make in America, and take a trip at least two times a year but ideally three times to another country.
This helps with sanity and keeps you in perspective. You will appreciate the liberties you are allowed in America.
Again, I speak from the basis of fam members who have lived in the states for umpteem years, having immigrated and they travel outside of America religiously.
I repeat: NONE OF THEM, have regretted their move or have even insinuated on moving back to Europe.
None of my friends back in Europe (and we chat at least twice a month for hours on end minimum) have said anything that has made me for one second, regret my movements out here and consider packing up and going back.
REPTILE VARIETIES
Lizard wise, I have access to all my favourite types in North America. Snow bunnies, blacks, Latin, I can pound them all out in EQUAL quantities to my delight here.
This is not possible in Europe (and I encourage anyone to show me where in Europe it is).
That's my two pence.