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have you migrated to either?
It seems to me that you are shitposting for shock value. You mention paying $4,000 a month for rent, that is enough to buy a plane ticket. Note: I am not recommanding doing this.
And you mention conditions more suitable to your lifestyle, not just that you would prefer to be born there.
I will take shoebox over trench, thank you. (as described, neither is nice but it sounds to me you underestimate awfulness of war)
note: I would be willing to take part in war in defence of something I value
Seems more to me like you have a hard time comprehending that some people don't think the US is all it's cracked up to be. I can love my country without fetishizing it. I will always put my family and the community that raised me ahead of myself. And even so, there are categorical disagreements I have with the society that raised me on how we do things.
I'm curious, do you think most Africans still live in mud huts too?
No? As evidenced by fact that I am nor trying to move there.
I am just asking how seriously you believe your own claim that trench in Ukraine is superior to renting room in Bay Area.
I think you are trolling/shitposting/lying and you do not actually believe that Russia or trench in Ukraine is superior to your life in USA. But if you are taking steps to emigrate to one of places you mentioned I could admire consistency at least.
(it is hard to take seriously someone who considers trench on frontline being superior place to life in USA, even Bay Area)
Construction materials used in Africa have no relation to how awful war is (especially drone/artillery flavoured trenches).
And no, I am not expecting mud to be dominating material nowadays.
Except for when you criticized me for "not preferring to have been born there." A statement I never made, hinted at, or even remotely gestured toward.
And I'm saying the reason you're confused is because you missed the principle the example is meant it illustrate and took the example itself too literally and ran with it.
Which wasn't the point I was making.
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Still the ratio between people coming to US and people leaving speaks for itself.
Seeing people voting with their legs is about the only objective measure of oppression that exists. Genuinely oppressed people are running away from their persecutors (if they have the opportunity, most oppressed people in history had nowhere to go).
Not anymore, most Africans now live in favela style housing in mega cities. Hellish by our standards, paradisical by standards of their previous village life.
Considering it's much harder to be an economic migrant in other countries, this is unsurprising. Sounds like parasites found an easier target.
In a country where it's significantly easier to immigrate to? This is one of the things native born Americas cite in favor of the declining QOL of this country, of which I happen to agree. It's pretty strange why I should see this as a net benefit to living in this country.
Yeah, that one went right over your head, didn't it?
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If you never found your tribe and home in USA, what makes you think Russia would be any different? I can tell you from experience there isn't any more magical sovl in Russian people than the Westerners. Not obvious, at least.
And none with Americans? Or is it that your rapport with Americans left you with the impression that they can't be your tribe?
From where I'm standing, one may convince themselves to think they're "fighting for the Russian tribe". They may even die happy. However, this worldview won't be aligned with reality.
I'm not in position to argue in favour of America's national idea. All I can say is that if you're looking for a country that won't give up on you, Russia would not be in my top list of suggestions. It is throwing men away to secure a meager buffer zone that I can't imagine actually being vital as we speak. I suppose you could achieve the authenticity of "fighting for your country" if you specifically immigrated to the newly occupied territories that are being fought for.
And considering the conflicts the US rampages across the world starting, it too, has little problem throwing away it's citizens for false ideals, against people who've never done a thing against them. At least Russia has the good sense to throw their people away defending their own borders.
The difference between what I know of how USA treats their soldiers and how Russia treats theirs is big enough that I wouldn't use the words "throw away" for both of them. This is without even going into the fact that Russia conscripts men against their will. US military recruiters might target the dumb and the hopeless, they might lie and embellish, but it's a choice.
Could justify it if "defending" meant "defending" as it did during WWII, but this? Hardly different from USA's "national interests securing" and "projecting influence". The only major difference is that USA's got oceans on both sides and Russia's only got one.
Conscription is by definition against a person's will. The only reason why there's any pretense otherwise in the US is because we've barely been able to get by staffing the military on a purely voluntary basis. If we couldn't, there would be conscription.
I really don't want to seem like I'm insulting you here because I'm honestly not trying to, but are you really this dense? Even the foremost western scholars on the matter like Richard Sakwa fault the west for Russia taking drastic measures in securing its own national security interests.
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$4000 gets you a lot more than a shoebox even in the Bay area (depending on which town exactly), and it sure beats getting exploded by a quadcopter in a frozen shithole you don't care about.
The US has it's problems but contrary to popular belief you don't have to live in the Bay area. I can't help but notice that you are posting on the motte instead of sitting in a trench in eastern Ukraine so it seems you didn't find that option too appealing either.
The Bay area is not San Francisco.
$4000, 1000 square feet, not a crack house. https://www.zillow.com/apartments/san-francisco-ca/one-henry-adams/9NJvHk/
Why make easily falsifiable claims with no basis in reality?
How much pride do you have in being Russian in 2023? Keep in mind you will never be a real Russian and the Russian elite is just as degenerate as the West.
It's weird to read this when you equated the entire country to San Francisco.
Huh? Here's a $3200 place with 1000 square feet.
https://www.zillow.com/apartments/san-francisco-ca/bennett-lofts/5Xrcx6/#unit-2090981227
Again, what exactly is the complaint here? Yeah it's expensive, but we're pretty far from grousing about $4k shoeboxes. The goalposts have well and truly moved.
I know you are not Russian. The grass is always greener. The question is why you'd prefer living in a society where you'll always be a foreigner and whose main selling point is being based and trad in the eyes of the extremely online.
The daily concerns of my military age male Russian relatives are how to avoid getting sent to Ukraine (though in the near past it seems the pressganging has abated). They are not so preoccupied with national pride. The boomers are definitely feeling good though, my mother got berated by her aged aunt (who was like a mother to her) for not agreeing with the party line.
I don't understand why you insist on complaining about the most progressive and atomized parts of the country. Move away from the coast. Find a wife. Start a family. Touch the grass. That will serve you much better than idolizing places that want nothing to do with you.
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