Traitors to America? or Guardians of the Future? Why are Westerners Moving to Russia?
It's high time to lay some false accusations to rest
“Your forefathers came to America and worked hard to live here for centuries. You’re turning your back on them if you leave now.”
“No matter how bad things get, you have a responsibility to stay in America, so you can help improve the conditions.”
“You should stay in America so you can work hard to make things better here.”
In other words, “You’re betraying your ancestors and you’re failing to do your duty for your country . . . You’re a traitor!”
Naysayers tried to wear us down with this kind of nonsense back when my family and I chose to move to Russia, and we have grown weary of hearing the same sorts of accusations thrown around at other families who have been moving to Russia since then. Multiple people have said that their family and friends disdain their decision to move to Russia, claiming that they supposedly have a “responsibility to stay in America” and fight to the bitter end.
Where are they getting this nonsense? What are they thinking?
Not Geography
Whatever the source of their angst may be, it’s not merely a matter of geography. Most of the time, they aren’t offended when you leave your hometown, or when you move 1000 miles away. Indeed, as long as you move anywhere except Russia, such accusations are nowhere to be found.
If you just left one town and moved to another, they wouldn’t think anything of it. If you left the city and moved to a rural town, to protect your children from negative moral influences, no one would object. If you got a new job, and flew across the country to live in a different state, no one would make such accusations.
If you crossed the ocean to live in Hawaii, or crossed state lines to attend a good school in Kentucky, or decided to build your dream home in Guam (a remote island owned by the United States), no one would accuse you of shirking your responsibilities or being unfaithful to your homeland. So it’s not just a matter of geography and distance.
No one says, “You should stay in the inner-city where your children are getting beaten up, hearing gunshots, and encountering drug dealers every day. It would be cowardly for you to escape to a quiet village out in the country. You have a responsibility to stay in downtown Chicago for the rest of your life, and to make things better there. Bloom where you’re planted!” For some reason, moving out of Chicago is perfectly fine, but moving out of America is not. Why the double standard?
Not Language
There’s also not an issue with different languages. If you moved to South Texas or Miami or Puerto Rico, no one would call you a traitor for learning Spanish so you could speak more easily with the locals.
If you moved to Pennsylvania, bought a house in an Amish community, and learned German so you could speak with your neighbors in their mother tongue, people might call you unusual, but they would never call you a traitor. No one would suggest that becoming bilingual is a betrayal of one’s God-given duties.
Not Rose Colored Glasses
Surprisingly, sometimes the accusers don’t even have rose colored glasses, duping themselves into having a positive expectation for America’s immediate future. Some of them can see that America has been inviting the judgment of God, making any future prospects risky at best.
Frequently, such people may agree with you that the United States is circling the drain, going downhill morally, and that dark days are ahead for Christians in America.
Nevertheless, they still think you should go down with the ship, never leaving America’s side, no matter how bad things get.
What’s the Source of the False Accusations?
Why are they so upset? If it’s not because of geography and distance, not because of language differences, and not because of rose colored glasses, then what is getting under their skin? Why are they so upset about normal, healthy, conservative Christian families moving to Russia?
I’m not a mind reader, and I can’t see into people’s hearts. So the best I can do is make an educated guess. Here are some possibilities which come to mind:
Fear — Some people are scared of the unknown. It’s easier to stick with familiar surroundings, even when one is in danger, than it is to escape the danger and flee to some new place. A bird in a cage or a prisoner in a cell may be so used to their surroundings that they hesitate to embrace freedom, even if the cage door is opened and it’s possible to leave.
Laziness — It takes a lot of work to relocate to a new country and learn a new language, and some people simply want to avoid anything that requires effort. They may know that Russia is more free, more affordable, and morally superior to America in many ways, and they may even realize that their children would be better off in Russia. But they simply may not want to put forth the effort required to make it happen. Sitting in the nest is easier than flying away — even if the branch happens to be on fire.
Naïveté — Some people think things in America are bad, but not that bad. They may not have rose colored glasses, but they still vastly underestimate the level of evil they are facing. “It’s happening far away, but it’s not happening in my little town.” “Things may be rough now, but it’ll blow over eventually.” Never mind the fact that the rainbow mafia has been on a nonstop warpath for the past several decades, already culminating in all three branches of the American Federal Government mandating legal protections and “rights” for sodomites nationwide, and persecuting traditional Christians in the process. Amazingly, some people think that with these degenerates in power, things are somehow going to get better, rather than worse.
I’m reminded of this little exchange in the Lord of the Rings:
Aragorn: “Are you frightened?”
Frodo: “Yes.”
Aragorn: “Not nearly frightened enough. I know what hunts you.”
Indeed, I know what hunts you. They march with a rainbow flag. And this sodomite faction is much worse than the ringwraiths. It has gotten to the point that the government wants to take children away from their parents, if parents don’t agree with the transgender and LGBT agenda. In America, it has already become a danger in Illinois. In Canada, it has already become a danger in Ontario. Now they’re talking about life imprisonment for speech crimes. And back in the year 2015, I already warned that these things would happen. Yet many still don’t listen. Many still naively think that the problem is magically going to get better and go away on its own. Good luck with that.
Of course, there’s a major issue here — no one wants to think of themselves as fearful, lazy, or naïve — so no one wants to see these as the roots of the problem. They know they have a responsibility to keep their children out of danger, but it’s too painful to imagine that they may be neglecting their duty. So to justify their complacency, some of them may be projecting their guilt onto those of us who move to Russia — as if we were the ones neglecting our duty.
But what duty do I have to serve Babylon? What obligation do I have to sacrifice my children’s future for the sake of America? What loyalty do I owe to a nation that was founded by Masons, on the principle of rebellion, in service of “Enlightenment” principles which godless men have used to attack and undermine traditional Christianity around the world for the past 500 years? Why must I pledge allegiance to a flag which has visciously overthrown foreign governments for over a century, and which — as a condition for providing “foreign aid” — has spent recent decades hellbent on exporting abortion access and sodomite “rights” to numerous nations around the globe?
Throughout history, there are many times when God’s people have seen the writing on the wall, when they knew it was time to get out of Dodge. Often, God did not call them to stay and fight. In many cases, God expected His people to flee. What makes the current situation different, or any less urgent?
God has given me my children so that I might protect them. Why must I remain in a modern version of pagan Rome and render them to the whims of Caesar?
Indeed, the godly families moving to Russia are not traitors to Christian civilization — they are its guardians and protectors.
I remember 15 years ago telling my friends and family that I was moving to Russia. They were horrified and shocked. But they had never been to Russia, I had. To be honest when I first came there was a lot of culture shock. On the other hand I saw things that completely resonated with me. I won't go into all of that but will say that everything you spoke in your article sums up a majority of my feelings about Russia. When we stand for Christ, the world hates us. I have a brother who hates me so much that if we were in the same room he'd try to kill me and would feel justified in doing so. What they don't recognize is that hatred is a tool of the devil, and blinds the weak.
We all have crosses to bear, when we make our choices we must live with them. Going back is not an option!!! Their anger isn't actually towards those who have come, it's the mirror into which they look that frightens them the most. I'd be anger to if I saw someone could escape hell by making good choices. As Carlson Tucker saw but didn't recognize that in America lawlessness rules, in Russia it doesn't. It's has a lot to do with leadership.
When we see truth we must follow it, if we remain in falsehoods we pay a price. With is said, the choice is easy.
Brainwashing and stupidity are two other factors which blind the naysayers. This is the type of people who believe it is good and righteous to punish Christians over pronoun use and to put COVID shot holdouts in concentration camps. All because high-placed non-Christians (read: Jews) say so.