From Quora: Which country should an anti-Obama conservative move to?
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I came across this question today at Quora: Which Western democracy should an American conservative move to if they are afraid of Obama's socialist policies and want to move somewhere more in line with Republican ideals?
I don't know if the question is sincere or if it's a troll, but it has generated many great answers. For example:
http://www.quora.com/Emigration/Which-Western-democracy-should-an-American-conservative-move-to-if-they-are-afraid-of-Obamas-socialist-policies-and-want-to-move-somewhere-more-in-line-with-Republican-ideals
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but I'd rather see them go to Hell with...
The far right (National Front) is fairly strong in France and they hate immigration and love to campaign on "law-and-order" and promoting the death penalty, reducing taxes, regulation of corporations and shrinking government. They favor nationalism/protectionism over the EU/globalization It may take republicans a while to get the kind of political power that they have here, but it is something they could work with the far right to achieve.
If you consider Russia a "Western democracy", republicans might feel at home there. Plenty of inequality, homophobia, anti-immigrant sentiment, "family values" and a 'traditional role' for women, a reliance on fossil fuels, a view that western Europe is a bunch of liberal socialists, a rising military budget and an aggressive foreign policy. What's for a republican not to like? republicans would have to swallow a lot of pride to join up with Russia since they love to demonize them now. But they may soon say, "We have seen the enemy and he is us."
