When the USA was a free country, Americans spent on cars and televisions.
Now that the US is a police state and cars and televisions spy on you, Americans might spend money on disguises, VPN plans, burner phones, smugglers, and fake passports.
WTF? Americans scream the Soviet Union was a huge success and the government should ban styrofoam because customers would be happy to return to restaurants and return their ceramic plates after they use the drive-thru and finish their meals.
Does anyone get the feeling that if our overlords decreed that everyone must have their thumbs amputated, Americans would agree that the law makes sense and must be obeyed?
Humanity is in the midst of a headlong global birth crash—a plunge underway all around the world, in rich and poor regions alike, very possibly presaging an indefinite global depopulation, with our “peak human” moment coming shockingly soon.
It's one of the things that never made sense about The Handmaiden's Tale. Canada would just send you back; just like China and Russia send North Korens back if they're caught on the other side of the border.