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> Partner and I are considering abandoning the USA. Any thoughts about where you'd move? Some places in the world are better, but it feels like our whole civilization is trending in this bad direction.
This isn't the only reason we're considering leaving, so it's not the crux upon which we are filtering choices. Scandinavia is being tossed around as an option, pending further research on each nation, but generally I've been quite inspired by hackers I've met from there and I haven't seen shockingly dystopian news out of the region in a while. Taiwan is on the shortlist mostly because the government is so preoccupie…
Avoid Norway. Google 'Barnevernet stories'. They are what would happen if you gave TSA the right to remove kids from their families forever.