Why you need to flee America while you still can

America has seen its share of bad times over the years, but in the face of difficulty, we have endured and good times have always returned. However, there is a pervading sense that things really are different this time.

If you have the ability to do so, we recommend doing what we used to think of as an over reaction: abandoning ship altogether. Here’s why we feel this way…

Great Recession 2.0 is just around the corner

After the economic malfeasance which led to the stock market collapse of 2008, you would think that the bozos in Congress would have learned their lesson. Apparently not, as the corporate hands up their posteriors still control their actions.

Last month, the entire Republican caucus and 16 Democratic senators voted to repeal key provisions of Dodd Frank, essentially giving Wall Street carte blanche to engage in the same risky behavior that gave us the Great Recession almost ten years ago. Effectively, it is only a matter of time our 401ks take another precipitous tumble.

Short of moving your money out of the market now, there are few ways to shield your money from the coming crash. However, leaving America will almost certainly mean you will end up in a country which does more to care for its citizens in bad economic times.

If you decide to head north of the border, their social security system will take better care of you while you look for another job. Should you become unemployed, pass time in between applying for jobs by playing some online games.

There are many live casinos for Canadians that may tempt you, but take the time to practice for free online (then for real money once you find a job), and you’ll stroll in and dominate the baccarat and blackjack games like a true pro.

Fascism is on the rise

Ever since Trump took office little more than a year ago, the government has directly (the Muslim ban) or indirectly (by emboldening white supremacists) participated in the suppression of vulnerable groups. Anyone who doesn’t fit their narrow definition of a ‘true American’ may soon be targeted by various measures which limit or even threaten their freedom entirely.

Most developed countries, while not perfect, are a better bet if you are an immigrant, practice a religion other than Christianity, or are anything other than a cis-heterosexual white male. 

Washington is getting dangerously aggressive with its nuclear sabre-rattling

It is a scenario almost too horrible to contemplate, so most deny it, despite the world being closer to the unleashing of the nuclear dragon for the first time in more than 70 years. Unlike last time, when America was the only nation in possession of ‘The Bomb’, there are well over a half dozen nations capable of unleashing thermonuclear hell at the turn of a key.

Despite the risking the wholesale destruction of the USA, Canada, the European Union, China, and Russia should a confrontation result, Trump (and his new advisor John Bolton), Putin, and Kim Jong-Un continue to recklessly wave their nuclear sabres, confident that the others will back down.

Given the egos in play this time around, the close calls we’ve had in the past with cooler heads in office, New Zealand and South America are looking like better places to live out your life with every passing day.