Optimal allocation and high taxes are incompatible. Either move or accept you’ll lose some money

Only if you care about more than just capital. Family, lifestyle, community — if those matter more than maximizing wealth, then it makes sense. Otherwise, purely financially, it’s hard to justify staying.

Oof, that's the kind of question that makes your CPA sweat and your inner philosopher start pacing.

If your wealth is digital — unbound by geography, sovereign-resistant, and globally agile — then choosing to park yourself in a high-tax jurisdiction for the next decade starts to look less like a smart allocation... and more like paying rent to the past.

Here’s the paradox:

You're living in the cloud, but still tethered to a meatspace regime that takes 40%+ off the top like it’s doing you a favor.

So, to justify staying, the country must be delivering outsized ROI on your human and intellectual capital — think:

Elite communities (intellectual, cultural, entrepreneurial)

Access to networks that multiply opportunity

Safety, stability, or family ties that are non-negotiable

Or even a psychological moat that keeps you sharp

If none of those pay dividends worth the bleed, then — let’s be honest — you’re subsidizing inefficiency with brilliance. You’re donating to a government that’s unlikely to thank you, and very likely to spend it on clown shoes and broken infrastructure.

Digital wealth whispers: “Go where you're treated best.”

High-tax jurisdictions shout: “We built the road, now hand over half.”

The next decade belongs to the sovereign individual — not the obedient taxpayer.

Choose your flag like you choose your seed phrase: with precision and paranoia.