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I'm actually curious about your thought process. Not trying to be confrontational.

I'm not sure which country you are moving to, but the question is the same. With how much power the US has, and how intertwined the world is, do you believe that you are permanently better off out of the country?

Sure, the US is by no means all-powerful; but if the US joins China and Russia's descent into the throes of outright authoritarianism, what leads you to believe you are safe? In this scenario, you would arguably be better off at the onset, but these three countries would surely take the rest of the world down with them? Not even outright invasions and occupations, but bog-standard bullying and destabilization, a la South China Sea or Iraq?

EDIT: Iraq was invasion and occupation. That maybe wasn't the best example of mere "destabilization" on my part.

>>bilege+(OP)
In a hypothetical all out war between China, Russia, and America, what place is safe? There's no way to know right now. Maybe all the countries America has invaded in that past decide to ally up and thoroughly pillage the country for all that its worth. Who knows. In a world war scenario, there's no guarantee that anywhere is safe.

What I do know is that looking at the state of the world today, being thousands of miles away is definitely safer. It's been nothing but consistent and rapid decline in liberty in the US and the protests. For every police department that says they've done something wrong, there are five of them out there cheering when an officer is released for brutality.

Maybe there's a chance America will do something someday in the future to my current home, but America is detaining and beating innocent people within its own borders today.

>>bilege+(OP)
If you were committed to being an expat, there are tax advantages to renouncing your U.S. citizenship.