The Only People Your Government Is Comfortable Killing Are You
“Flee the People” is not a slogan. It is a description of behavior, and of the incentives that make that behavior rational. Across the country, citizens are voting with their feet. They leave cities where crime is tolerated and law enforcement is paralyzed. They leave school systems that no longer educate. They leave regulatory environments that punish independence. They leave institutions that demand loyalty while offering no protection in return. Census data, real estate migration patterns, and tax base shifts all tell the same story. IRS and Census Bureau data from 2020 through 2024 show sustained net domestic outmigration from high-tax, high-crime states, with California, New York, and Illinois leading the losses. People with the means to exit are doing so. They are not leaving because they dislike diversity, democracy, or modernity. They are leaving because the basic bargain of citizenship has eroded. That bargain was never perfect, but it was understood. In exchange f...