I don’t fear living in America, nor am I abandoning my home country. I’m simply going to establish my home in a place where I can raise my children in peace, and where the culture and pace of life is more to my liking. I will never give up my U.S. passport.
I love America, but the America I love is quickly disappearing. And there’s no running away from it. I have no interest in joining the continental-scale white flight to Idaho or Montana; the influx of refugees from the rest of the country will destroy everything that makes those places so special. Besides, the rot that plagues our nation is of a spiritual and cultural nature, and under the current political system it is impossible to make the spiritual and cultural changes that can stop it. Until the political structure of the United States changes, the rot will only grow worse. Sooner or later, the rot will reach every community in every state, at which time the whole structure will be compromised. No, running to the hills is not the answer.
We haven’t moved yet, and won’t for several years. I still have work to do here in the States, and I can always hope for a miracle. If I see signs that conditions are changing in such a way that it becomes possible for honest people to effectively push back the rot, I’ll reconsider my decision to move. (When abortion becomes illegal, for example, I’ll know the tide has turned.) Maybe then, when there is a real chance of truly fundamental political, social, and culture change, I’ll consider America safe for children again.
All I see now, however, is that the rot is growing. With this in mind, I will proceed with my plan to remove my family to a place where the rot cannot follow.
I won’t raise my children in modern America. I don’t like what our country is becoming, and I’m powerless to stop that change. All I can do until then is remove myself to a country that is still a nation — an ethnos, with a intact and jealously-guarded culture. The nation I have in mind has its own problems, but it lacks the worship of “inclusiveness” and “diversity” that is built into the American societal structure. The population of this nation tends to be tolerant, but it also has a historically-proven ability to deal forcefully with social unrest should said unrest interrupt the smooth flow of everyday life. I can no longer count on the government here in the US to do the ugly, but often necessary dirty work that is required to preserve social cohesion.
As I said, I love America — but not the America that the majority of Americans want. When the America of 1965 returns — the optimistic, Christian, community-oriented, Moon-landing America that was so wonderful — let me know.
A few points:
1. The common "ethnos" you spoke of only truly existed from WWII until the mid-1970s. Prior to that you had an Anglo (some would say Anglo-Celtic) "overculture" and several ethnic racial subcultures that existed regionally. "Mass culture" as we know it today is largely a postwar phenomenon.
2. Christianity is in decline in every country in the western world, and I include Latin America in that category. The secularization of the west will continue for the forseeable future, as most people in economically advanced societies lose patience with the superstitions of the past and the need for a clerisy to explain things for them. This does NOT mean that Christianity is going to disappear, whether as a spiritual or cultural force, just that its hold will weaken in almost every country where it is present in large numbers (with China being a possible outlier). Even in "Catholic" Poland, Church attendance is rapidly declining, particularly among men under 25. Not only that, but my paternal ancestral homeland has seen its birthrate decline below replacement level, a sure sign of the way things are going.
BTW: You really should pay a visit to Uruguay. I think you would find that it fits much of what you are looking for, believe it or not. The inefficiency and the socialism (bloated public workforce) are annoying, but its a great place to live if you have made money elsewhere.