It is true to me, I've experienced it.
I won't even go into things like the drones, TSA, and the NDAA for this answer; those are just icing. The fact of the matter to me is that in Thailand you have fewer legal and other restrictions from becoming prosperous than you do here. There is even a conveniently cheap servant class to be your workforce that you couldn't likely afford if they were entitled US workers in a labor union.
Sure, you can say "but every building inspector, cable man, and cop expects a bribe or will delay you" and you may be right... But at least that kind of corruption is out front, in the open, instead of up at the highest offices of the land, controlling your entire life without you even being aware of it.
The corruption here v/s there is very, very different and I guess some people (I call them sheeple) would prefer the american style of corruption. Sadly they'll find out that it's not as stable as they think it is before too long.
You can still say what you want about the Government, form a group with all sorts of crazy ideas, run for government based on a communist, racist or fascist agenda without the fear or imprisonment or persecution; generally speaking.
Run? Sure. You can do that here. You've just got no chance of winning because the machines are rigged by the parties, and the parties are closed-door groups you can't get into without selling out to some corporate interests. It's technically an Oligarchy here and there's nothing you and 350 Million of your closest american friends can do about that... Even if you all vote as one.
Although the ideals the US was built on have been destroyed I’m still not convinced it isn’t the better of a bad deal or saveable. Yes, quasi democratic fascism isn't ideal but it's not China either, there is still a possibility to pull it back and if there wasn't why did you get so excited about RP.
China's Capitalism makes ours look like a joke. They do capitalism today better than at any time or place that I know of... For some reason China doesn't mind letting their entrepreneurs run free, and the only bad news we hear over here is about how they're TOO free for our liking.
As for me getting excited about RP, I was learning the hard way exactly how far TPTB could reach.
In 2008 I learned that there was media slant that was so strong it could take the Tea Party away from the liberty movement and put it in the hands of those we were against... But I believed at the time that the liberty movement was only 1% or so of the nation so there wasn't much I could say about the system itself being broken.
In 2011 & 2012 I saw how large we are, perhaps 40% of the nation or more, so damn straight I got excited... Until I learned that the media's powers are so strong that they made mostly all of that 40% STILL believe they are only 1%... Despite overwhelming evidence that they just simply refused to air.
I've seen things this year that didn't just make me discouraged about republicans, or even just about americans... They made me discouraged in HUMANITY and I kinda wish I could just unsee them now. But to be fair, I've only seen them take place here in america, so I want out. It's just plain evil here.
If you want to move their good luck to you but I hope you stay and funnel your outrage into trying to save the ideals the US was built on.
Thanks bro, but it's just too late for that now. Think about the purpose of the NDAA. Is there any other likely use for it than to silence those that are outraged by the system?
The best use of my outrage against TPTB would be to help create a self-sustainable, defensible, Voluntaryist Seastead in international waters. I've decided that this will be my goal and it'll be easier for me to do in Thailand by far than it is here.
E-commerce is wide open here and totally unexploited. 
