henrymakow — May 24, 2014

Editor’s Note: This completely revises and updates an earlier article from Sept. 19, 2010 by

P.F — for henrymakow.com

Are you retired?

Do you want to escape from the “homeland”? Do you want to live in a place where white men still get respect? Perhaps Thailand would be a good fit.
I retired to Thailand 10 years ago.

By writing this, I hope to offer encouragement to other retired men seeking a better life.

Escape the Insanity of Cultural Marxism

One element of the Marxist insanity affecting Western nations is the negative attitudes toward white men. When searching for a retirement location, I specifically wanted a country that has mostly avoided Cultural Marxism. Thailand fit that goal nicely.

Everything here is not idyllic, far from it, but the overall mood is that life is good. People have a positive outlook, a quiet joy of living. I see weddings, new homes being built, and lots of pregnant women ― all examples of people placing personal bets on a positive future.

In Thailand, the government doesn’t solve problems. It is so paralyzed by corruption that it can’t do much of anything, good or bad. So, people here take care of themselves and their families. As a result people are mostly self-reliant and, often, helpful to each other. To some extent, a person’s social status is influenced by his helpfulness. There is a spirit of generosity that we used to have in The West, prior to about 1965.

Recently, I bought an exercise bicycle at a store just down the street from my condo in Bangkok. To bring home the large and heavy box, I used a wheeled luggage carrier. Along the busy street are curbs and some steps. In my short walk back home, six people – total strangers – politely offered to help me get the load over the curbs and up the steps. That kind of helpfulness doesn’t happen everyday and everywhere here, but it does happen.

In turn, it’s my responsibility to offer help when I can. When I do that, the warm smiles confirm that I have, indeed, escaped the sullen hostility that now pervades Amerika.

Freedom from political correctness

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