You too, just count your blessings, and think about what you have and don’t focus on what you don’t (or can’t) have.

I like to lead a more minimalist life so I can retire, small cabin in the mountains, maybe put up a big tent for a bed and breakfast to cover my cost a bit. And just be busy with growing my own food, chickens, getting ready for winter doing repairs, hiking. Now with solar panels being cheap and batteries, going off the grid is a lot easier. And if you don’t need much you can live very cheap.

Search for Martijn Doolaard on youtube and you know what I mean, although i want to keep it a bit simpler. 😁

Been using duckduck go for a while now, can recommend.

He had a medical condition, in writing from the doctor that he couldn’t fly for 8 to 12 weeks in case of blood clogs. He notified the authorities that he might be overstaying a little without any response.

And still he got detained, the US is a banana republic led by an ape.

I think it’s about being content with what you have. Not always wanting more and bigger and better. I have a comfortable salary, nothing too much, loads of people earn way more, but i can pay my mortgage and all other costs, don’t have to worry about losing my job. And still have enough money left to spend on nice things.

I don’t have to save up loads of money for medical bills or other unfortunate events. I can just easily live my life.

That having said I’m still fed up with the daily grind, so I’m selling the house now to retire early somewhere in Spain or Italy, hopefully going off grid somewhere in the mountains enjoying peace and quiet and nature, embracing my inner hermit.

Yes but they are trying to better themselves, it’s a slow process, but there is progress. And they came a long way since the 70’s.

Countries like America are going backwards. At this rate the USA is a worse country for the working class than China in 20 years, if not already.

You don’t understand colonialism much. They aren’t taking anything by force like the rest of the west did for centuries.

They are doing business, there is a difference.

Very few children work in china right now, Chinese workers even have 5 days of vacation a year by law.

That’s 5 more than the US…

There were probably more children working on farms in the US than in china, and I remember something about Florida wanting to reinstate child labour again?

No the rest of the world has been sleeping when China silently bought all the mines and harbors in the past decades.

Looking at the US educating system and their skills in voting for presidents, i think AI will actually be an improvement.

Never we have a Quooker. (Instant boiling water out of the kitchen faucet)