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I’m 19 dropped out of college and still living with parents. Right now I’m really planning on just saving up to move to Japan because everything in the US is taxed to high hell and our government is barely functional. I’m just fed up with everything so I’m just going to keep myself sane by studying Japanese and minimizing my expenses
Ok so let’s entertain the opposite of patriotism and talk about self distane what is going to drive you to fix the crumbling rotting foundation or leaky roof because who cares if this crummy house rots and collapses on me if you don’t care about your county then you won’t have the drive to maintain it sure some might but those people who don’t need motivation to do things are rare and far between if the world is hopeless then what hope is there of fixing it