we are heading quite quickly into an explicitly totalitarian state.
this is second warning bell - if you can move from the US to some place less interested in your thoughts, consider looking into it near-term. I don’t know where that would be. historically the US always was the place to go for that.
I have considered whether southern south america is an option. haven’t been in many years, no real insight anymore. I worry central america in general is too tied to the US and imports in general.
There are no safe havens anymore—no financial safe havens and no physical safe havens.
The hill you are on is best hill to die on...
What is important is to face it with courage and dignity, not fear.
There are a lot fewer people in South America than there were only a year ago.