[keiferski]

I think you have a lot of very false assumptions about the US and about the world.

1. You don’t need to know how to code to get a remote job. Plenty of jobs in marketing or support are remote. I’ve worked in many such jobs for the last decade (while abroad.)

2. It’s not as if people elsewhere just take vast amounts of time off work because they feel like it and aren’t dependent on healthcare from their job. Most people elsewhere are tied to their jobs because they have bills to pay, making them no different than anywhere else.

3. In terms of “good countries to emigrate FROM”, the US is probably the single best one, barring the ever-present income tax. Salaries are higher than basically anywhere, which makes saving easier. And the passport is stronger than most, making emigration and travel easier too. If one’s life plan were to earn a bunch of money then escape abroad to a cheap country, there is literally no better place to start than America. Maybe Singapore or Switzerland are close competitors, but they have far more institutional and cultural barriers to an average person acquiring wealth.