As much as I love the magnificent sight of the Rocky Mountains, the warm Colorado sun which warms up the days long until September, the current exchange rate which makes me a king in America, and the large coffees, when I was asked by a random small talk acquaintance, if I could move to the States, my immediate answer was: no way!
It’s fun to visit, but I would go crazy if I actually lived here. I don’t want to offend anyone, I’m just being honest. And here is why:
1) Americans still believe that having just two extreme opposites in the government is democracy.
2) Americans have absolutely no idea what socialism is. For them it’s the biggest nightmare and the end of the American dream. When the world’s third richest man Warren Buffet publicly stated that the tax cuts for the wealthiest have gone too far, and that they need to pay their share, he was accused of being a socialist. Excuse me?!
3) Whenever I hear the word ‘terrorism’ here I want to puke. Attitude towards Muslims and Arabs is unheard-of.
4) The pure lies spread in the news, mostly in TV. It is true that America has an outstanding record in investigative and war journalism, but they also hold high records in propaganda. It makes me sick to watch some news shows (Fox news, krhm), because of the pure lies, opinions and assumptions that they portray as facts.
5) Many Americans actually truly believe that they are the greatest nation in the whole world. Any nation that lifts itself to such stand, I feel uncomfortable with. Definitely don’t want to live there.
I could continue this list for a long way. My intention is not to insult anyone and I know there are many Americans who do not fall into the category I portray here. But sadly enough, this is the feeling that I have been getting since I’ve been here.
So since I will not be staying here, my future country of living will be… Mexico! Because politics and journalism is so much simpler there! All you have to do is pay the drug cartels for protection. Awesome.
All kidding aside, I will be going back to Mexico and starting to write my thesis there. It’s going to be an interesting ride, so tag along.
"Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy."
-Earnest Benn
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