Frens and countrymen!
It's already the 17th here in Russia. Our family moved here before covid already wanting to protect our children from Schiff and company (before we knew anything about Q, though we were already doing information warfare before we found out).
I'm pleased to announce that this morning my beautiful baby daughter was born! Thanks be to God! And on the 17th!
Congratulations!
I have spent the past 3 years doing a mental exercise, placing myself in the shoes of those who fled Nazi Germany in 1930 - when they saw the insanity that was brewing (except that I have done that exercise from the perspective of life today in the early 21st Century).
I mean, it seems obvious to me that the ClownWorld countries have become the equivalent of 1930s Germany - substituting in one form of totalitarianism instead of national socialism.
And NZ used to be one of the sane places you would think of escaping to when insanity came to your country (along with Canada and Australia). Not any more.
So I tried to think of where you could go to escape the collapse and do it ahead of the collapse.
The only country that I can think of is Russia. Putin is obviously interested in protecting the Russian people's from the utter insanity of Globalism, it's economically booming, it's kind of a new frontier in lots of ways. It's an Orthodox Christian country. Wokism is being crushed. Apart from the winters - what's not to like about it?
But that's just my outsiders view. With the mass censorship, we hear so very little about what life in Russia is like. Has the move worked well for you and your family? Has the language been tough to learn? How does the cost of living compare?
But most importantly - congratulations on your new daughter - especially being born on such an auspicious day of the month.
This is a very thoughtful, high-effort comment. Thanks very much for sharing it.
After reading the article Silent Weapons for a Quiet War that's been shared here recently, I've come to the conclusion that the current problem and the Nazi problem are one and the same thing. Putin talks about de-Nazifying Ukraine and people think he's somehow got it wrong. He's right on target. What we fled was exactly the results of Operation Paperclip.
We were already from the northern US and moved to the greater Moscow area rather than Siberia, so the winters are slightly colder and they're snowier, which is a nice change from the thaw-freeze cycle winters had become in the US with the weather manipulation.
Our family is very happy. We're basically refugees and have lots of trauma from our experiences in the US, but then lots of people here were hit hard by the horrible 90's so there's built-in understanding of the needs of people who have been through trauma. But there's such a degree of freedom, of being treated as autonomous adults, that many of our challenges have actually been in the direction of maturing into the roles and opportunities that are available here. Even just being respected and not mocked for being a traditional Christian is a huge shift for this American.
The language is very difficult. I admit I underestimated that part. The cost of living is much less. There's not as much money but again, the culture understands people with needs and people help each other.
Again, thanks for your comment. Means a lot to hear from someone who really gets it.