Quote from: comrade simba on Jan 22, 2025, 03:40 PMSon is going to buy a hacienda in Mexico or Ecuador in the next couple of years with a nice little Abuela Cassita in back so I can raise goats and turnips again. No, I don't give a flying fuck about 'merica as it is today, and if shtf before we escape, East Flannel Oregon is as good a place for a heavily armed white motherfucker like me to stand ground on as anyplace I can think of.
I'm an Epictetus fan, myself.
Given the fairly rapid progress of global cooking and the fact running A/C in countries with energy deficit will be problematic, I'm not sure it's the best location for a retirement casita.
Far as Epictetus is concerned, I'm not sure the things he classifies as in our control really are, and the ones he labels not can always be ignored. So it's not a real clear cut division. What are the "lesser" things not to be carried away with? At what point is something important enough to care about, even if it's not in your control? Property may not be in your control nor is taxation, but if your taxes are raised, the tendency is to care about that. Few people are at peace with having their taxes hiked up. Particularly when the taxes are used to fund something also not in their control that they don't agree with.
RE