They probably don’t yet understand how difficult it is to get a residency visa in most other countries – so dream on!
Young people love to travel—it is why they are studying abroad, asking for travel for Christmas presents, and going into debt to go on trips. But some young people aren’t packing up their bags for vacation. According to a new study, one in four Gen Z Americans want to move to a different country, in order for better access to healthcare and other social services.
Preply, an online language program, surveyed 3,000 Americans between the ages of 18 and 26 in October 2023 about whether they envisioned their futures in the US or in another country. In the Preply study, 25.6% of respondents shared that they would be interested in moving abroad for universal healthcare and other social programs like affordable higher education, housing support, and pension programs. Notably, these are areas that the US falls short on. In fact, according to a report from the World Economic Forum, the US is behind nine other countries on how much of its GDP is spent on social programs. France, Finland, and Belgium spend the most.
Gen Z Doesn’t Just Want to Travel Abroad, They Want to Move There (msn.com)
At the bottom of this long post – Immigration: The media myth that Americans can just move abroad for a better life – Coldstreams Travel and Global Thinking – there is more information on why Gen Z thinks they want to move abroad. They’ve been brainwashed to thinking that (a) the U.S. is awful and everything is better abroad, in part by escapist videos by social media influencers, and (b) the whole world is awful and we are all going to die so may as well go somewhere else.
(Pro tip – There are about 200 countries in the world so the U.S. is ahead of about 190 countries “on how much of its GDP is spent on social programs” but as usual, the media spins this as a negative.)
Are they aware of the taxes required for rich social benefits? In Denmark, the typical taxpayer pays 40 – 70% of their salary (that is a % of total salary, not a pro-rated tax rate) in taxes, in exchange for expansive social benefits.
They say this survey result is because of TikTok – where many videos on many topics contain outright falsehoods, peddled by persons who use TikTok and end up showing how little they know (unfortunately).
This article comes from a content mill and is in the usual vein of “America is Awful” and everything is wonderful in other countries.