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(2,367 posts)Your country needs you.
Claustrum
(4,845 posts)It took me like 10 years before I got my green card to immigrate to the US. And it vastly depends on your age, your profession, how much money you have.
Luckily for me, I have dual citizenship but I call US home and I am not ready to leave yet.
I_UndergroundPanther
(12,462 posts)Because other countries see people like me as a burden. They say to the poor and disabled no citizenship for you.. you're undesirable.
And that kind of bigoted shit pisses me off. I don't want to die because this country is dumb enough to vote in a sociopathic Fascist pig and his morally bankrupt enablers.
If trump gets 4 years and it's full on fascism, I can't live in that shit, I might as well die because once disability is gone, I will die won't be able to buy the meds that keep me alive..
Doreen
(11,686 posts)Your situation is the same as mine. I would like to go back to Germany but as you know being poor, disabled, and have no skills to offer I am screwed.
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cayugafalls
(5,639 posts)A lot of us just don't have that option and I, for one, would not take it.
I told my son tonight I will stay and fight. RBG would want me to...
Laelth
(32,017 posts)Hows your Spanish?
-Laelth
demtenjeep
(31,997 posts)but in the end,
if #fatdonnie stays, I don't want to
Jamaica?
Costa Rico?
Where?
I live in the red state hell of the stinky arm pit of the usa
Hawaii Hiker
(3,165 posts)that island Tom Hanks got stuck on in "Castaway".....
Thekaspervote
(32,691 posts)Essentially it said this. If orange ass is re-elected where are you going to go in the world that is safe?
crickets
(25,951 posts)DirkLerxst
(32 posts)roamer65
(36,744 posts)They are more like Canada. Plus move before the climate refugees start migrating.
Johnny2X2X
(18,968 posts)My company has offices in Canada, Trump stays in power and I will start applying for jobs in Canada.
LovingA2andMI
(7,006 posts)And being Highly Degreed for the Maple Leaf. Costa Rica is another location were Expat Refugees Americans can go. Great weather to boot. Just research -- there are places. The World is a huge place.
2naSalit
(86,308 posts)And our now reputation of being the "infected" nation with no way out.
GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)My family has been here for over 300 years. I hope to spend a month every summer in the French Alps when I retire. But will never leave the US.
I will keep fighting.
qazplm135
(7,447 posts)are you fucking kidding me?
Get off the couch.
Phone bank.
Volunteer.
Vote.
Send in money if you can.
Phone bank some more.
Put out a yard sign.
Talk to friends and family. Convince them to vote for Biden.
Fucking fight!
WhiteTara
(29,692 posts)because we are virus-laden. No one wants us and no one will take us. We're stuck and have to persevere. Like dust, we rise.
coeur_de_lion
(3,676 posts)Lochloosa
(16,057 posts)fierywoman
(7,667 posts)4 in Mexico (Mexico City)
8 in Italy (a year in Firenze, 7 years in Venezia)
The rest of the world does not live by the US Declaration of Independence and Constitution.
The places in the world whose language is a Romance language (Italian, French, Spanish, Romanian) don't have a word for "freedom," "Liberty" -- yes,but "freedom": no. Think about that for 5 minutes.
Wanna talk about xenophobia?
Don't kid yourself.
raccoon
(31,105 posts)I think a lot of us would want to hear it.
Kaleva
(36,240 posts)fierywoman
(7,667 posts)to begin!
sfstaxprep
(9,998 posts)It's a lovely country, with Progressive policies. They have had Covid under control for a long time, and their #'s have remained low.
walkingman
(7,577 posts)I suggest creating a world around you where you feel comfortable. I am a far-left leaning person living in a far-right rural part of Texas. I quite enjoy not being like the rest of my neighbors. Make life a wonderful experience everyday and try to limit your time on social media. It is a psychological hindrance to a happy life.
Kaleva
(36,240 posts)greenjar_01
(6,477 posts)It's funny how Americans think they can just go somewhere else and be accepted. Why the fuck would any other country want a bunch of fucking Americans showing up? We're an international menace and embarrassment.
peacebuzzard
(5,145 posts)If correct protocols would have been followed as recommended by WHO as the disease spread, the pandemic would have been under control.
Then you could safely think of an escape plan.
At the minimum, currently, its just not safe to relocate. most escape routes are full of roadblocks. The State Department is full of advisories, alerts and warnings at level stage 3 and 4 for most countries.
shelter in place, if you can. At least you know procedures here.
Worldwide, everything is changing and we don't know yet what the outcome of all this will be.
Kaleva
(36,240 posts)Raine
(30,540 posts)I can and will do 4 more years ... cowboy/cowgirl up and just do it if comes to it!
BainsBane
(53,012 posts)There is no escape.