"I'm sick of living in a country..."

[babylonsister]

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I’m sick of living in a country that continues to move backward while the rest of the world moves forward.
I’m sick of living in a country where a radical religious minority disproportionally holds power and continues to impose their theology on the rest of us.
I’m sick of living in a country that values guns more than children.
I’m sick of living in a country where women are relegated to second-class status.
I’m sick of living in a country where five unelected justices can curtail the rights of millions of people.
I’m sick of living in a country where fascist mentalities are mistaken for patriotism.
I’m sick of living in a country that serves corporations instead of people.
I’m sick of living in a country where politicians care more about their power than doing what’s right.
I’m sick of living in a country that refuses to confront how racism has shaped and continues to influence our institutions.
I’m sick of living in a country that tries to shame and disparage LGBTQ+ humans for simply living their truth.
I’m sick of living in a country that doesn’t believe healthcare is a basic human right.
I’m sick of living in a country that prioritizes banning books over funding education.
I’m sick of living in a country that demonizes and dehumanizes immigrants fleeing violence and oppression.
I’m sick of living in a country that rejects science and disregards public health and safety in the name of “freedom.”
I’m sick of living in a country that has 5% of the world’s population but 25% of its incarcerated people so private, for-profit prisons can rake in millions of tax dollars.
America is no longer great. America no longer deserves to call itself a beacon of freedom and liberty. We are at a crossroads as a nation. Your vote has never mattered more than it does today.

[samnsara]

1. im 200 miles from canada..hubby has already checked on his pharmacy license and how it can

..be transferred. Im boxing shit up. If repugs gain control again we are outta here.

[PittBlue]

2. Lucky you.

[UniqueUserName]

3. Please stay at least until November to vote.

That's my plan.

I'm hoping we're going to be pleasantly surprised in November. It might not be the case. But it's possible.

I'm hoping that enough of those anti-vax f****** who wouldn't get vaccinated for covid died that the gerrymandering won't work.

[2naSalit]

5. Now that...

My renewed passport has arrived, I'll be looking at contingency plans.

[pamdb]

4. Ive never been so glad to be an old woman

We’re 3 hours from Sabrina across the. blue Water bridge. Our problem is that we are both 70 and retired and therefore on Medicare. And Ontario is more expensive. A house that would go for $250,000/$300,000 in Ontario is in the $600,000. Of course the Canadian dollar is 77cents but still.

Working on at least one of my nieces to go.

My old college roommate is married to a Canadian and has dual citizenship and has offered to sponsor myself and my husband but I kind of think she was kidding.

My grandmother was born in Ontario and if you were born before 2009 you can try for citizenship by descent but I can’t find her birth registration and they emigrated when she was only four.

Right now I’m contributing to planned parenthood and encouraging everyone to vote Democratic.

[Justice matters.]

6. Looks like the Founding Fathers experiment has Finally Failed...

Maybe, just maybe, come November, the 100 million non-voters who favor social-democratic policies will be able to cast their vote? The dontcare-ism or cant-ism will make a Blue-Wave 2.0 come true? Or not?

[dwayneb]

8. I'm not holding my breath

Look at the election of 2020. About 40% of voting eligible didn't even bother to go to the polls, and that was after they knew damned well and good what Donald Trump was and what he would do if elected again.

The seeds of our destruction were there from the founding. They made foolish assumptions about the citizens of their new nation. Surely they thought - no one would be foolish enough not to vote for their own representation, no one would ever vote against their own interests.

And, the Federalists were so worried about the tyranny of the majority that they created a system that enabled the tyranny of the minority.

[Justice matters.]

9. Some (more like many) of these people just cannot cast a vote, for many reasons.

Work a shitty job or two on Tuesdays. Why isn't voting day a national (paid) holiday yet?

Homeless. No ID cards. Polling place too far, no transportation. Sick, old age, et al.

Why have all these issues not been taken seriously already?

Then, the rest of "who-cares-ism" and "they-are-all-the-same" (probably 30% of that 40%).

[Evolve Dammit]

7. Great post Babylonsister. me too.