Which country are you from?
this post was submitted on 18 Mar 2026
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I have options to go to another country, but I choose to stay in the U.S. It certainly is not an easy decision given the many current and historical problem within the U.S. Like many of you, I believe Trump is the symptom, not the problem. The problem is much more deeply rooted and harder to get rid off.
Admittedly, my wife being in the U.S. is the largest driving force for me to remain in the U.S. Yet, here are some other advantages of the U.S. I have considered:
- EU tried to push chat control repeatedly, the vote is always close; and U.K. already have strict age verification law for porn (and possibly VPN). U.S. is heading there, but at least my state has not attempted any of these ridiculous moves.
- I really really enjoy the community in the U.S. city I live in, there is "real" farmers market, street fairs, local art conventions: there are fun events every weekend. Maybe I didn't try too hard when I was in London, but I am not able to find as much event in the U.K.: there are "farmers market" in London, but most of them just sell low quality importted plastic decoration/toys instead of actual groceries...
- US is a top funder of scientific research: https://ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsb20257/global-r-d-and-international-comparisons-2 . Now even China is out-funding EU and UK, but I am certainly not going to China any time soon. There is way too much politics in Chinese academia, as far as I know.
- I think education is a human right, and U.S. education is way more expensive than it should be. I don't want to defend it. But I believe U.S. has better educations thanks to the libral art system, where student have much more chance to interact and learn from professors compare to many top UK schools.
- In general, even account for the out of pocket maximum for healthcare, many U.S. job still pays more than their U.K. counterpart. This means saving money in the U.S. and later move to a lower income country is easier than saving money in a lower income country and later move to the U.S. Working in the U.S. when I was young gives me more liberties and assets to move to other countries later in my life, if U.S. eventually collapse.
You should have never been proud of your country its just more blatant than usual.
I mean America has plenty of industries the rest of the world depends on. Unfortunately, a lot of the good takes involve ignoring a lot of the bad ones that helped obtain them.
Don't be proud of your country, be proud of the societies you are willing to participate in and contribute towards. If you don't find yourself living inside a good one, go and search it out.
Instead of trying to feel good, make it good. Go forth and organize for the better future that you wish to see.
The United States gives billions of dollars in foreign aid to developing nations every year. In total foreign aid is in the 60-70 billion dollar range but that includes Israel and Ukraine... Total strictly humanitarian aid is more like 20 billion-ish. So, thats nice.
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Being proud of countries or nationalities is inherently toxic and problematic. I never understood it.
Land of the free, fought against oppression, and force children to pledge allegiance.
Backwards ass shithole.
Nah it's been a shit hole for centuries, both culturally and politically. Fun fact most of my ancestors were in North America before the United States existed, hasn't stopped dipshits from trying to "Americanize" us.
We've always excelled at terrorism.
Your goverment is making me appreciate my goverment a bit more for just being useless and boring.
Even if I knew of anything, I wouldn’t say so, for fear of some MAGA fuckwit seeing my comment and ruining things.
The U.S. is a very nice place to live.
still? have you been anywhere else?
Yes. The U.S. is a very nice place to live compared to the majority of other places in the world.
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The amount of venom in this thread is astounding. I'm close to leaving lemmy. The amount of hate people are spewing for shit that's not our fault is starting to get old.
The first step is admitting the country ~~has~~ is a problem.
I know I don't do enough. It's not enough to vote for the "right" people about once a year and just keep your head down, with maybe some "digital activism".
Can't fix things if we pretend they don't exist.
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The advertising industry.