@kyriacos, indeed many can leave, pay their slave fee of renunciation and establish a freer life abroad. There are many places we could go and be freer as immigrants than as property of US Inc. Of course, immigrants in the US can enjoy more freedom than their home countries in many cases, as well as more freedom than US citizens residing in the US. But that's another topic.
Some of us find it incredibly difficult to leave because of various responsibilities. I, for one, am enslaved to a medical system that I have tried for years to escape. It's not my health. I have been blessed with a healthy body. But my wife had cancer and is unable to manage her health without modern medical assistance. It's not terribly difficult, but still constant and necessary. In order to move abroad I must find a viable means to provide the medical attention she needs. Making such a transition is incredibly arduous.
I was two months from leaving just two years ago, when my plans fell through due to external manifestations I had no control over. So I've been back to the drawing board, attempting to figure out a way to make this work.
You accuse folks of broad brushing in their comments about government. But a few breaths later and you're broad brushing people who want to make a change locally because expatriation is too difficult in their current circumstances, or they just aren't yet willing to do what it takes. In my case, I'll do it, and would have already if it was just me. But I cannot drag a wife with compromised health someplace where she cannot be taken care of.
I would advise some study of empathy and de-escalating debates. Disagreeing is fine. You and I have traded disagreement politely, I think. But some of your comments come across as the proverbial bull in a China shop. There is a wide arc around your swings that might be better served with more graciousness, compassion and surgical precision.