Why One Man Left
Sherman Oaks, California
Jack Deckard blogs about why he lives the expat life in Cambodia:
I believe I am not alone amongst ex-pats in my feelings that I don’t belong in the country of my birth. It is more than that: it is a complete rejection of the values and the society in general. I walk around and see people with their “normal” lives and cannot imagine how I could ever be happy like that; making money, being highly taxed, and a part of all the societal dysfunction and hatred. I felt so far removed from the masses.
Pictured: The waterfront in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Labels: Cambodia
posted by Paul Karl Lukacs at
9:58 AM
4 Comments:
Good riddance. Sounds like a wanker.
"Wanker" or not, Deckard is enjoying a privilege available only to white citizens of rich countries. It would be a darn sight less romantic if an average Asian wrote about rejecting her own country and its values and corruption (parallel tax system) to go live a less squalid life in some rich country.
Oh, by the way, what is the source of that picture of the waterfront? Just curious.
Moi,
Many of V.S. Naipaul's works are on that topic. See, e.g., In A Free State.
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