{"id":23465,"date":"2023-04-26T23:01:25","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T03:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/?p=23465"},"modified":"2023-04-27T10:11:29","modified_gmt":"2023-04-27T14:11:29","slug":"guest-contributor-war-pig-26apr2023-ranking-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/26\/guest-contributor-war-pig-26apr2023-ranking-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Guest Contributor – War Pig – 26APR2023 – Ranking the World"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Editorial Note:<\/strong><\/p>\n

This post is in reaction to this linked post:\u00a0We\u2019re Better Than That<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

that stated that determining whether America was still the “best” place to live based on available freedom was a worthwhile exercise.<\/strong><\/p>\n

photog )<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Problem is, the ones who say that other places are worse are pretty much right. Singapore is wealthy but they\u2019ll cane you for chewing gum. Australia, NZ, Canada and the UK are all serfs to their mega-parliament. Disarmed, cowed<\/p>\n

In Scotland it is an arrestable offense if you walk too closely behind another at night. In England, carrying a Gerber or Leatherman multitool is fairly serious arrestable offense. In the UK you can be arrested, held without council, interrogated, have your kids dragged off to social services, then released without charge (in other words, political terrorism) for owning or distributing pamphlets supporting a legal political party, UKIP. And they\u2019ll do it a couple times a month until you are sufficiently subdued.<\/p>\n

Look at what Trudeau has been up to the past couple of years. Japan and South Korea are xenophobic. Mexico is now a failed narcostate. Argentina is normally ok but they have coups and other issues on a regular basis. The entire continent of Africa is screwed. Western Europe is woke as hell.<\/p>\n

Eastern Europe is attractive but too close to Russia who will not be satisfied with Ukraine. The Caribbean is as rife with crime as when the pirates ran the place. Ecuador isn\u2019t bad if you can handle the climate and altitude. Costa Rica is okay but its crime is rising. Most of the rest of South and Central America is second world.<\/p>\n

Brazil is becoming quite crazy. Great beaches and attractive women, though, but I doubt Camera Girl is going to go for that. Israel is the only sane place in the Middle East but of course they are embattled. If I had to move I believe I\u2019d choose either Argentina or Romania\/Czech Republic despite their issues<\/p>\n

Then again, you and me both have cherished family in the States. I would not want to remove myself from their proximity. My last act of love may be to die defending them if things go bat-crap here. If so, I will sing my death song and die like a warrior going home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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