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| − | == Top 12 reasons why people are flocking to the USA and leaving the corrupt, authoritarian countries of Russia and China == | + | == Top 12 reasons why people are flocking to the USA and leaving the corrupt, authoritarian country of Russia == |
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| | ''See also:'' [[Essay: Top 12 reasons why people are flocking to the USA and leaving the corrupt, authoritarian countries of China and Russia|Top 12 reasons why people are flocking to the USA and leaving the corrupt, authoritarian countries of China and Russia]] | | ''See also:'' [[Essay: Top 12 reasons why people are flocking to the USA and leaving the corrupt, authoritarian countries of China and Russia|Top 12 reasons why people are flocking to the USA and leaving the corrupt, authoritarian countries of China and Russia]] |
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| | [[File:Give me liberty, or give me death! - Patrick Henry.jpeg|thumbnail|400px|right|"Give me liberty, or give me death!" - [[Patrick Henry]] ]] | | [[File:Give me liberty, or give me death! - Patrick Henry.jpeg|thumbnail|400px|right|"Give me liberty, or give me death!" - [[Patrick Henry]] ]] |
| | Previously, I wrote the below essays: | | Previously, I wrote the below essays: |
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| − | *[[Essay:Skepticism about China remaining a global power|Skepticism about China remaining a global power]]
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| | *[[Essay: Why I am not bullish on Russia's future|Why I am not bullish on Russia's future]] | | *[[Essay: Why I am not bullish on Russia's future|Why I am not bullish on Russia's future]] |
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| − | *[[Essay: The rising rule of communist idiocracy in China|The rising rule of communist idiocracy in China]]
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| | *[[Essay: Vladimir Putin is a corrupt kleptocrat and an authoritarian|Vladimir Putin is a corrupt kleptocrat and an authoritarian]] | | *[[Essay: Vladimir Putin is a corrupt kleptocrat and an authoritarian|Vladimir Putin is a corrupt kleptocrat and an authoritarian]] |
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| | *[[Essay: Do you strongly believe in gun rights? Don't move to Russia!|Do you strongly believe in gun rights? Don't move to Russia!]] | | *[[Essay: Do you strongly believe in gun rights? Don't move to Russia!|Do you strongly believe in gun rights? Don't move to Russia!]] |
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| − | *[[Essay: Why a Westerner falling for Russian propaganda is like a man who is seduced by a corrupt 300 pound woman|Why a Westerner falling for Russian propaganda is like a man who is seduced by a corrupt 300 pound woman]] - Humor
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| | These essays certainly give many good reasons why people would not flock to [[China]] and [[Russia]] and they also provide plenty of evidence that the countries are corrupt, authoritarian countries. | | These essays certainly give many good reasons why people would not flock to [[China]] and [[Russia]] and they also provide plenty of evidence that the countries are corrupt, authoritarian countries. |
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| − | === Chinese and Russian citizens are voting with their feet: Many Chinese and Russians are leaving their countries === | + | === Russian citizens are voting with their feet: Many Russians are leaving their countries === |
| − | [[File:Flag of the PRC.png|thumbnail|right|200px|The flag of mainland [[China]]. ]]
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| − | <big>'''Question:'''</big> Are people leaving China and Russia?
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| − | '''Chinese emigration from China:'''
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| − | * China is experiencing a brain drain and more people are fleeing China (See: [https://archive.md/ACMyG#selection-157.5-157.45 China’s Brain Drain Threatens Its Future], ''Wall Street Journal'', 2023)
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| − | *[https://news.yahoo.com/economy-falters-more-chinese-migrants-042452027.html As economy falters, more Chinese migrants take a perilous journey to the US border to seek asylum], Associated Press, 2023
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| | '''Russian emigration from Russia and the demographic crisis of Russia:''' | | '''Russian emigration from Russia and the demographic crisis of Russia:''' |
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| | === China and Russia and the issue of religious liberty === | | === China and Russia and the issue of religious liberty === |
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| − | China has [[state atheism]] (See: [[China and atheism]]).
| + | Russia has less religious liberty in the USA in various respects (See: [[Restrictions on religious activity and/or religious persecution in Czarist, Soviet, and contemporary Russia]]). |
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| − | Russia has less religious liberty in the USA in various respects (See: [[Restrictions on religious activity and/or religious persecution in Czarist, Soviet, and contemporary Russia]]).
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| | == Why has the West been so successful? == | | == Why has the West been so successful? == |
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