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JackTheBandit  ·  3704 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Discussion: Why do you stay in the US?

    But there are still things I love about being here. I don't know if I'd ever be able to give up the US entirely.

Isn't this part of our biological programming? Regardless of the interpretations of the conditions, humans build their realities around where they were born (mostly.) Adventurous spirit is not the norm condition in whatever this is that I was born into.

    I like people, and I'm good around them, but human nature disturbs me, and I find the idea of removing myself further and further away from people more appealing as time goes on.

I don't think the things we hate about this construct are necessarily the entirety of human nature, but rather, the people who propagate these behaviors have been dominating social development for what seems like a millennia. I currently phrase my feelings as wanting to separate from the toxicity, find those who chose a similar path, and building together in opposition and despite the current construct.

    Anyway, this is a complicated topic in my head frequently. It's hard to make succinct points of it even to myself, or to summarize things, so what are all your opinions?

I feel you.