Comment by scarface_74

It’s even worse than that. People aren’t even voting for their own self interest. The people in the poorest states and in poor counties in richer states in the United States are consistently voting against universal healthcare, affordable post high school education and are cheering the government taking away services that they depend on the most.

There are two basic categories of causes.

The first is being pure anti science - anti vaccine, anti fluoride, etc

The second is they are more concerned about “God and guns”, immigrants, and the demographic shifts in the US than their own interest.

Oh and the third is the cult of MAGA.

I’m 50, Native born American and on a meta level it concerns me. On a micro level, me and mine will be okay.

While I am not one of these shrill people saying I’m leaving the US tomorrow, my wife and I are definitely putting plans in place to have a dual residency (not citizenship) in Costa Rica closer to when I get ready to retire.