Lets look at the work that people are willing to do. Anybody here want to work in a clothing factory?

If you want to put in a ten hour shift sewing shirts then be my guest. Hop on a plane to Saigon and then go apply for a job somewhere, and you will be an American with a job and a lower cost of living. If you like it, then fine.

What we have been seeing in the US is the expectation of economic competitiveness with $70 per hour union jobs. We see trade unions in the construction sector targeting $35 per hour, but the fact of the matter is they end up only representing the top 10% of any particular trade they represent. If they go to war against the craigslist get er done for cash crowd, the people who really benefit are the non-union employers who pick those guys up for $10-$15 per hour and compete with the Unions, so the unions generally these days STFU on labor relation issues outside of their little fiefdoms.

Thus, non-union employers tend to be the ones asking and getting the most out of government control. They tend to get most of the subsidies, they also tend to get the most enforcement action against those who violate their turf.

The only lifestyle that works for our kinds of people by and large is going to be self employment trade and entrepreneur type stuff.

The only physical realspace areas where our kind of people and organizations are going to exercise much sovereignty is going to be in areas where the central governments have functionally abdicated both authority and responsibility.

That's also why however, the government operatives tend to play dirtier "away from the flagpole". Incidents like Ruby Ridge will not happen in the SF Bay area where you can guarantee a fairly well connected and savvy lawyer would be within earshot of any gunshot. That is also why a lot of "liberals" react in disbelief when you try to explain what happens in some places and how people deal with it.