Actually it was Eric who wrote there's no place to hide. I just posted the Salon article.
However, this emigrate/don't-emigrate topic is something my wife and I have debated fecklessly for some time. Our economic ties to this nation have certainly become, ah, attenuated since the downturn began, and our cultural ties to the nation are just about zip at this point. The US seems just a dreary, stupid, oppressive society determined to become ever more so.
But where would we go? There is indeed no place to hide with the US running the world. And who would have us? I don't relish the thought of being a readily identifiable US expat in a world where hatred and contempt for Americans is sure to grow.
Carl
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