Do you agree or disagree with the following statement one has more opportunities for self-developement abroad?

Question

Bring arguments to sustain your opinion.

Answer 1

Historically, the United States has been a great place for self-development. The US has been seen as the "land of opportunity" by many, as evidenced by the periodic waves of immigration to the US, including the current wave of immigration from Latin America.  In this sense, then, the opportunities for self-development here are greater than abroad. Also, the US enjoys rights of free speech, etc. that would not exist in a totalitarian country.

On the other hand, if you are a lifelong citizen, and you are looking for an alternate perspective on life, the advantages of travel abroad are great - and there are many opportunities for self-development.  i once went to Guatemala, and saw extreme poverty first hand - this developed/changed my own perspective on life and poverty.

Furthermore, economic and other conditions for the AVERAGE citizen in America are worse now than they were in the 1950s. The bottom half of Americans have lost ground, when inflation is taken into account, since 1973. Income inequality is rising, so the rising fortunes of the upper half of society have masked the fact that America is worse off today than it was thirty-five years ago - the incomes of the top half have risen so far that it has officially distorted the numbers that we have been given that suggest that we are better off- even otherwise good economists have written books that we are better off today than we were thrity-five years ago, b/c the median income $ has risen. The median # has risen only because the "household" that it measures now includes two people/breadwinners instead of just one.

Crime, while less than it was in the 1980s, is still greater than it was in the 1950s.

The college diploma is worth less than it was in the 1970s. So, "more education" is not the answer to poverty.

The average American has less rights since the 1980s than they did in the 1950s or even the 1970s.

American society is on the decline. For these reasons, for the first time in our history, there may very well be greater opportunities for self-development abroad if one steers away from the totalitarian countries.