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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes! I think the US is best. I am an immigrant fwiw.
I understood it during covid. Federalism is what makes it great. Luckily the central (federal) govt couldn’t impose authoritarian restrictions that Canada or Australia did. One could choose a state to their liking as well (be it a very covid conscious California or a near normal state like say North Dakota?)
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As an immigrant, you got to “choose” a state. But as someone who grew up in another city, trust me when I say it’s not an option for most people, just like immigrating to another country isn’t an option for most. When your family, home, job, and support systems are in one place, you can’t just up and move elsewhere whenever the political winds shift. There needs to me a minimum standard of freedom across every state. [/quote]

Well I didn’t really get to choose and it was long before covid anyway. 
I agree that more freedom within a state would be great. However, it is even worse when the central powers have so much power that it’s impossible to escape. China is a perfect example but I didn’t know Australia or Canada would be on par! 
Even though I couldn’t move out of my very covid conscious state I could at least travel out of state and even out of country to see some normalcy and to let my kid experience it.
It would have been impossible if we were in Australia for example.[/quote]

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