A friend of mine bought a house in Punta del Este Uruguay about two years ago. Absolutely loves living there. My neighbor’s brother went to Costa Rica about six years ago and has been back once since. With the right government, this is the best country in the world...with socialist decay it becomes painful to live here. A lot of us who grew up in the 50’s and 60’s thinking that way.
You make a good point. As the US government becomes more centralized, it also become proportionately more oppressive because of its size. A smaller state has the advantage of having a smaller government. That was the whole point of federalism. Unfortunately the Founders logic has been discarded. We must remember that it is only the great nations are that are transformed into the great monsters. We need only look at France in the 18th century or Russia and Germany in the 20th. But, I guess that I would have to concede the examples of nasty small countries like Cuba, Cambodia, NK.