where I can be free to stand up against it.

Or you can get disappeared in an unmarked van by feds 1 2 3
The us has loads of political prisoners by the way, you really cannot speak your mind - unless of course you only do it in such a way that does not inconvenience the ruling class. Do anything that matters and you'll get dragged off to your local City PD black site
Getting arrested might be lucky, you'll probably just get killed or maybe tortured

Glad to know I don't live in China though, where billionaires get the death penalty, millions are uplifted from poverty, the state invests in infrastructure and climate mitigation. Wouldn't want to do that.