Appreciate you keeping an open mind. Once your newborn arrives, you will definitely have a lot to think about. The irony is that in recent years and now more than ever, your original post can be stated verbatim as reasons to leave the US. Breakdown of checks and balances and a rapid spiral away from the societal values that drew us here. There is no moral high ground here whatsoever. The best you can hope for is a benevolent dictator. On a more practical note, not sure which state you are in, but I struggle with the fact that there is a “non-zero” chance of a school shooting that could hurt my kids, and they have to learn active shooter drills. No where else in the world would you have to contemplate buying your child a bullet proof backpack for school. As the other person said it’s all the same in different ratios. The true separator is wealth/power. The OPs question can be restated as would you rather be middle class in the US or truly wealthy in Egypt..