Cautious Recommend: the U.S. (Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury)
You’ve always known that only privileged sections of society even in privileged countries ever had anything close to freedom of speech or even thought. You are probably no stranger to censorship. You’re no stranger to distraction or shallowness either: they have value too. Your history has definitely been rewritten a few times: if you know the names of your great-grandparents, you’re probably quite wealthy. You’ve seen book-burning regimes, and attempts at thought control. You’ve seen propaganda backed by infinite resources, thoughtcrime disappearances, ideological prisoners. You’ve seen censorship official, unofficial, social, physical, online, corporate, clique-based, community-based, familial, legal, illegal. You know how to hold on to some stories even if they burn all the books and ban all the words. You know how to code-switch. You know multiple languages. You know that good ideas cannot die. You’ll survive this one, and pass on every story you need to. Move if it makes your life easier.
