Christians, Buddhists, or Muslims, I'd rather starve to death in my birth country than crossing the border to the so called greener pasture. We have a rich neighboring country too but I will never work there even if the salary is like 3 times the current average. Heard too much about passive aggressive bullying. Even if I marry a man from so-called rich neighboring country, my future kids if I have any must serve in the military for 2 years and life is just so much more stressful. I'm kind of angry that my grandpa passed away right before he earned enough to return to his country of origin. We are now trap in a place that is not exactly welcoming to us. Maybe that's the reason I'm drawn to nomadic lifestyle in multiple different countries. People are friendlier once they know we won't be there for long. Christians in America should consider making the effort to improve the economy in Mexico if they want to prevent people from crossing the border. Tall, electric fences won't do the trick in the long haul. Also, legalize marijuana in Mexico so that they have a source of income. Make them financially secure so that they are motivated to stay within the confines of their own walls. This alone is hard to achieve because Christians associate money with the root of all evil which is counterproductive. Our creepy neighbor is a lot like Mexico because some worship the devil and practice black magic.
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You haven't heard of the peculiar "prosperity theology" types, have you? There are many who follow a doctrine which states wealth is proof of God's blessings, and poverty is His judgement. It's utterly perverse in its twisting of Jesus.
As for politics, there is a correlation between prosperity and the scope of political control. I assert a political class requires a host upon which it can feed, and the healthier the host, the bigger the parasite can become. The US proclaims itself the "land of the free," but we have confiscatory taxes, heavy regulation, corporate cronyism, trade restrictions, and other massive economic interventions, to say nothing of the national fiscal system.
A free economy, voluntary association, and non-interventionist foreign policy would be real progress, but despite the rhetoric, we are speeding away from that politically.
Conscription is slavery. A national debt is selling future generations into indentured servitude just to pay off the interest through taxes. And border policy is sold as protecting the people, but it only served to restrict opportunity on both sides of the border.
Thank you so much for your detailed reply. Learned a lot. Yes, I have heard about the prosperity theology in recent years. However, we have a more sinister problem to deal with that is cult churches. They wield enormous power due to massive wealth. They encourage members to donate away all their life savings and then stay childfree. Pig butchering scams and job recruitment scams too contributed to numerous suicidal cases after victims lost all of their hard earned life savings.
We have those here in the US, but usually not connected to religion. More often it's related to insurance, investment, and crypto scams masquerading as legitimate businesses. Part of the library plan includes hosting financial literacy programs so people can hopefully learn to spot common forms of financial fraud. Megachurches are suspicious mainly because they funnel money into the pockets of the pastor. If your preacher drives a nicer car than anyone in the congregation, something is sketchy. But it's not usually in the form of those bug fraud one-and-done schemes. It's a perverse long-term wealth siphon draining the pockets of people who truly believe they are tithing to God while the pastor pays off a Mercedes.
*the love of money.