[zem]

this has got to be one of the most insular things I've seen on hn in a while. sure, the us is a wonderful place in which to "do something with your life"; in fact it's where I've currently chosen to do something with mine, so I'm certainly not bashing it. but the world is full of places in which billions of people are doing fascinating things with their lives; to say that someone who made the considered decision to give up citizenship is going to regret it because only by coming back here can he accomplish stuff is deeply myopic.

[hnwh]

And yet sadly, most Americans seem to have this myopic view that the USA is the be-all and end-all of everything good, sacred, and worthy. Welcome to America

[grecy]

I find this to be extremely interesting.

When people in America have a hard time getting a house loan, or have shitty health care, or are living on food stamps, they simply say "Well, at least we are better off than everyone else".

THAT is extremely scary.