I'm here for the warm weather. I also like Oklahoma and most of the people here (a few jackasses such as my ex-wife being the exceptions). Unlike Americans, I view issues as it pertains to Liberty and Freedom. To live life without asking government for permission to do this or that. It's a radical concept that most citizens don't comprehend. I suppose I have my parents to blame. Mom survived Hitler's occupation of Holland when she was a teenager. Dad spent two years in a Japanese internment camp under the brutal control of the Kempeitai. I grew up being told to never trust government. Any government.
I admit, although I'm a citizen of the US, I'll never consider myself an American. I don't get all warm and fuzzy feelings of patriotism nor the desire to wave flags and say the pledge of allegiance or all that other stuff that I find silly and meaningless. But then again I feel nothing for the nation where I was born either. So, as I explain to my wife and my friends, I'm a man without a country. Which suits me fine. Strangely enough... people respect my view points once they get to know me. They come to realize that my passion isn't some flag, or lines drawn on a map. No... my passion is Liberty. Freedom. For all people wherever God placed them on this rock we call earth.
Whether you ever figure me out or not doesn't matter now does it? Agreed, my viewpoint isn't the norm on this forum. My thinking is radical. It's in line with the thinking of Thomas Jefferson, Sam Adams, Adam Smith, Thomas Paine, etc. You know... those crazy radicals who embraced and talked about Liberty and Freedom constantly. That warned of the dangers that governments pose towards mankind. Sadly, the vast majority of inhabitants of this confederation have never taken the time to read and study history. To learn from the past to avoid repeating mistakes in the future.
Sad when a low life immigrant like me knows more about this country and it's history than 99% of the citizens. Even more pathetic is them having no concept of Liberty or self ownership. Figure me out? You never will. And I'm okay with that.
You're right, absolutely no Americans enjoy liberty and freedom. None. Only immigrants can possibly appreciate the founding fathers of this country.