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American Expat Considers Returning Home
July
30, 2014
(left,
in spite of Panama City's impressive skyline, Panama is very much a third-world
country)
Joe
Spickard explains why he has soured on
Panama
as a refuge from the United States.
'I
think you would be nearly better off in an American Gulag than here in a
strange land and culture where no one cares and life is much, much
cheaper".
by Joe
Spickard
(henrymakow.com)
I came
to live in Panama about
seven years ago.
It was
not a closed society or did it contain an exotic culture or a center of
spirituality. But it
was a refuge at the time.
You
see, I was convinced that the United States would undergo cataclysmic changes.
And, indeed, it has. Its economy has never recovered to its former strength as
its economic recession started the month that I left the States. I believed
that it would become a fascist security state, and that is still becoming very
true.
I may
return to the United States to live. There appears yet to be some time left
before things go the way of Bible prophecy. The situation in Panama seems to be
more volatile than the United States, as it does elsewhere in Latin America. In
many ways, there is more chance of a revolution happening here in Panama before
any such an event would occur in the States. Truly from political and social
index charts, Panama is being compared to its not "doing so-great"
neighbors such as Mexico, Columbia, and Venezuela in several aspects.
My
experience may mirror Mike Adams, of Natural News. He spent some time in
Ecuador, before getting disillusioned and returning to the United States.
Basically, he said that he was tired of being a "target," and wanted
to go back when he blended in as opposed to sticking out. It is kind of like
the proverb--"Birds of a feather flock together," to summarize his
desire to return to the States.
I know many Americans
down here. The rule of thumb is, that after about two, to five years, you see
what it is going on here, and you figure it is no longer for you. For diehards
like me, it takes about seven. I have seen quite a few go back.
EDUCATION
The underlying motive for me, is that I never had children before, and now, I
have two. I cannot see them educated down here. The educational system is
broken here, and the public schools are churning out misfits in practically
every sense of the word... but it is not all their fault. The parenting here is
abysmal.
For instance, kids here
take English as a mandatory subject for acquiring a second language skill,
which is highly needed here. They take English classes from Kindergarten to
when they graduate, as a senior. This is thirteen years of English instruction.
However, when they get out of school...hardly any of them can speak one
legible, coherent sentence of English. Who is to blame? Primarily, the
parents... many of them tell their children that English is not important!
As far as law
enforcement goes... there isn't any. You can truly get away with murder here.
North Americans are particularly vulnerable unless they are very conservative
or circumspect with their behaviour.
As far as Panama being a
refuge or haven... I cannot endorse that.
But it is the same in
nearly all of Latin America, as several Americans I know, have checked out
other countries down here, and end up, staying in Panama. However, Panama is a
third-world country in practically every category.
I think you would be
nearly better off in an American Gulag than here in a strange land and culture
where no one cares and life is much, much cheaper. Panamanians treat each other
terribly. As one ex-pat told me, "the lack of compassion and courtesy (among
Panamanians) is of Himalayan proportions. I have never seen anything this
bad--and I have traveled quite a bit. In general, Panamanians don't treat each
other very nicely."
At
best, on the Marsh-Maplecroft 2014 Political Risk Map, Panama is
regarded as a high medium risk for societal unrest and political instability.
The United States is very low risk comparatively. Canada appears to be the
safest in the world.
CORRUPTION
In
Panama, which is true for much of Latin America, corruption is the predominant
driving force for the widespread disregard for the rule of law which is
pandemic and underlies the ability to govern equitably (BTI 2014, Panama
Country Report, p.10).
Corruption is a very serious threat to political stability in Panama. The
"rake and pitchfork" crowd can get going in a hurry down here as seen
in their ability to block major road arteries and bring the country to a
virtual standstill on previous occasions in the few years that I have been
here. It is unnerving at times... and really, unnecessary in a true republic.
When I
came here seven years ago, I was no doubt, starry-eyed to an extent. I had
fallen into the trap or belief as Rabbi Meier Kahane complained about, that
most Americans and Western Europeans think that folks in other countries are
just as decent as they are...
Well,
Kahane was right... Many folks in foreign nations aren't as decent, kind, or
have the same integrity or regard for rules or a rule of law as Americans,
Canadians or Western or Northern Europeans.
When I
came here seven years ago, I thought that Panama was on the cusp of a
third-world nation rapidly on a different paradigm to become a second or
first-world nation quickly.
I was
wrong.
The
very same problems that plague this nation then are still the same today.
Nothing has been done of any consequence. The whole first-world possibility, or
even second-world status is illusory.
CONCLUSION
Hence, for now I may stay here, or I may return to the States. Living in Panama
or elsewhere is not for everyone. The United States, despite the many changes
which have made its older and more traditional citizens feel more insecure, is
still one of the very best countries in the world to live in.
The water here is polluted and hardly potable, electricity can go out any
moment for hours without warning, computer signals can go down, and the sight
of trash is everywhere as many Panamanians in the urban areas believe that
water availability and refuse disposal ought to be "free" services.
Although the trash problems are shown on the television news everyday, as to
shame its citizens, the culture remains entrenched in abject ignorance and the
trash keeps piling up, even in streams, rivers, and larger water bodies.
There are some
indications that the moribund economy in the States is starting to pick up some
and that home prices are increasing to a level of their former values in some
locales. The "word on the street" in Panama among monied Ex-pats
here, who wish to make more profits selling Panamanian real estate to gullible
North Americans, is that they expect another "wave" of Americans soon
who are disenchanted with the situation in the States, to be able to sell their
U.S. real estate, and then come, invest and live in Panama.
In my experience, along
with others, that may be a costly mistake unless they do their due diligence
and research carefully the nation of Panama and their culture, people, and way
of life.
