I love Sicily and often fantasize about living there. However we do split our time between Bangkok and San Diego. Neither Italy nor Thailand have come to a steady state of economic equality. And Italy has a pretty brazen right wing. I'm not trying to deflect everyone's despair; it's justified. But if the fantasy of fleeing occurs to us, …
I love Sicily and often fantasize about living there. However we do split our time between Bangkok and San Diego. Neither Italy nor Thailand have come to a steady state of economic equality. And Italy has a pretty brazen right wing. I'm not trying to deflect everyone's despair; it's justified. But if the fantasy of fleeing occurs to us, make sure to investigate where you'd feel comfy and what aspects of that other place appeal to you. Food and climate? Ability to insulate yourself from the domestic realities of the other place? The set of individuals you personally encounter as opposed to the electoral results in that country? Then apply those criteria to the country we despair about. We now know that 35% of our population would prefer "Father Knows Best" and "The Donna Reed Show" to the realities of the 21st century. OTOH cities and their suburbs don't have that mindset. Our challenge is to reconcile these seemingly irreconcilable orientations.
This rightwing swing has been going on all over Europe. There isn't remotely enough coverage about how Putin has funded political extremists on both right and left in Western democracies in order to destabilize them, draw attention away from his regime, and prove to his populace that our systems of government don't work. He has used the same tactics on us that the CIA has used to destabilize governments such as those in Central and South America. He has met with varying success, the most successful has been in Hungary and Poland. I don't know if the Philippines or Brazil are anything to do with him, but I wouldn't be surprised. Sadly the state of American affairs has done nothing but help his efforts along.
I love Sicily and often fantasize about living there. However we do split our time between Bangkok and San Diego. Neither Italy nor Thailand have come to a steady state of economic equality. And Italy has a pretty brazen right wing. I'm not trying to deflect everyone's despair; it's justified. But if the fantasy of fleeing occurs to us, make sure to investigate where you'd feel comfy and what aspects of that other place appeal to you. Food and climate? Ability to insulate yourself from the domestic realities of the other place? The set of individuals you personally encounter as opposed to the electoral results in that country? Then apply those criteria to the country we despair about. We now know that 35% of our population would prefer "Father Knows Best" and "The Donna Reed Show" to the realities of the 21st century. OTOH cities and their suburbs don't have that mindset. Our challenge is to reconcile these seemingly irreconcilable orientations.
This rightwing swing has been going on all over Europe. There isn't remotely enough coverage about how Putin has funded political extremists on both right and left in Western democracies in order to destabilize them, draw attention away from his regime, and prove to his populace that our systems of government don't work. He has used the same tactics on us that the CIA has used to destabilize governments such as those in Central and South America. He has met with varying success, the most successful has been in Hungary and Poland. I don't know if the Philippines or Brazil are anything to do with him, but I wouldn't be surprised. Sadly the state of American affairs has done nothing but help his efforts along.