Many transhumanists worry that the United States is losing its technology edge due to increasingly onerous and counterproductive government regulations. Including these guys:
The first meeting of the World Congress for Freedom of Scientific Research took place in Rome earlier this month. Heart in the right place, but shackling freedom to the modern (increasingly socialist, increasingly bloated, unelected, anything but free) structures of “representative” democracy seems to be a losing proposition these days. When was the last time you voted on the destructive policies – or existence at all – of the FDA? You are most certainly not free when unelected, unaccountable government employees have veto rights over everything you do and own.
This all goes back to the basic question of who owns you. If the U.S. government believes it does, as it has shown through word and deed for decades now, then people will either circumvent government or move elsewhere. They’re doing both. Do a little research on how many Americans live in Costa Rica if you doubt me.