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FirstLight

(15,771 posts)
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 12:17 PM Sep 2024

I know we're not aiming for it, but does anyone have contingency plans if the Magas take power?

It's too late for us to get passports, so that's off the table. My wife and I are gay-married witches, so we're kinda shakin in our boots on that front.
But the loss of healthcare and financial devastation is even more concerning.
Not to mention the violence that will be unleashed by regular Maga folks who now will thnk they have free reign to hurt, harass, etc the rest of us.

So, I'm just curious if anyone has considered the disaster-option...and what that means for you?

We're in a rural area, so less people might be a bonus. But there's also lots of crazys in the woods!

Edit: My wife just woke up and added that we've got enough "extra" meds to 'Thelma & Louise ourselves outta this bitch'... lol

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I know we're not aiming for it, but does anyone have contingency plans if the Magas take power? (Original Post) FirstLight Sep 2024 OP
Right here. My mother is an Irish citizen, which helps. bbernardini Sep 2024 #1
lucky! FirstLight Sep 2024 #3
Not really. BlueTsunami2018 Sep 2024 #2
I don't think that it would be entirely hopeless, wnylib Sep 2024 #36
my dtrs husband was transferred from Seattle to Alabama last year and the samnsara Sep 2024 #4
I read just a headline a couple days ago that said Canada is cracking allegorical oracle Sep 2024 #25
I was surprised to find an age cut-off... TommyT139 Sep 2024 #80
We have our passports. North Shore Chicago Sep 2024 #5
but sloths are cute. Think. Again. Sep 2024 #31
You have time to get passports... Trueblue Texan Sep 2024 #62
Naw DeepWinter Sep 2024 #6
trump is not like ANY previous newdayneeded Sep 2024 #19
To be clear Shrek Sep 2024 #45
Go right ahead, when i win newdayneeded Sep 2024 #49
Roe was not an amendment Shrek Sep 2024 #68
Not gonna fight with you. newdayneeded Sep 2024 #102
This about sums it up Zeitghost Sep 2024 #29
I don't think downplaying the very real dangers is wise. Think. Again. Sep 2024 #32
I do not want to live under a dictator. Chipper Chat Sep 2024 #7
I'm in Cali and I approve this message... FirstLight Sep 2024 #13
The State of Jefferson Mz Pip Sep 2024 #30
Something a bit like that has already started, in an informal... keep_left Sep 2024 #38
Read up on the Comstock Act TommyT139 Sep 2024 #82
Thanks for the info. I had no idea that Comstock... keep_left Sep 2024 #88
It is. TommyT139 Sep 2024 #91
Comstock, if enforced, would outlaw medication abortions... keep_left Sep 2024 #93
My understanding... TommyT139 Sep 2024 #104
I second Pacifica idea kansasobama Sep 2024 #64
get desalinization plant built before they take away colorado river cynical_idealist Sep 2024 #66
I intend to "pass" as MAGA. I speak fluent redneck and am a master of "the weave". Midnight Writer Sep 2024 #8
lol. Yeah I live in the country and can "pass" w/ my y'all-ing, too. nt allegorical oracle Sep 2024 #26
Why is it too late to get passports? PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2024 #9
Right now there's a big backlog...they are saying 6-9 mos for new applications FirstLight Sep 2024 #14
Link? Blues Heron Sep 2024 #43
Passports are actually being processed quickly ga_girl Sep 2024 #60
"They" will close the borders? MorbidButterflyTat Sep 2024 #69
Source for that supposed delay? PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2024 #99
Wednesday November 6 sarisataka Sep 2024 #10
"I will not succomb to fear, " Alice Kramden Sep 2024 #16
What did you do last time around? What do you think will differ? WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2024 #11
Last time is really not comparable... FirstLight Sep 2024 #23
The only change to the Supreme Court Zeitghost Sep 2024 #42
That is ridiculous. MorbidButterflyTat Sep 2024 #71
He'll never leave unless it's feet-first. Then Don Jr. will take over. nt allegorical oracle Sep 2024 #27
It will not come to pass that MAGAs take control. ProudMNDemocrat Sep 2024 #12
This!! We will not let the idiot magats take over our country onetexan Sep 2024 #18
I understand... FirstLight Sep 2024 #22
I'm just hoarding pot. nt leftyladyfrommo Sep 2024 #15
yep... FirstLight Sep 2024 #21
Hear Hear! OldBaldy1701E Sep 2024 #34
How long does it take to get a passport? Seems like there should be plenty of time. Bev54 Sep 2024 #17
might be easier for renewals... FirstLight Sep 2024 #24
Wow. Bev54 Sep 2024 #46
I heard it took months to get a passport last year. I got one in 4 weeks last fall. nt doc03 Sep 2024 #84
I am in Canada and although we had a backlog after covid we are back to normal with 10 days Bev54 Sep 2024 #94
I do not expect that MAGA will win the election. totodeinhere Sep 2024 #20
I say RJ_MacReady Sep 2024 #28
Stay and fight, what else? Jirel Sep 2024 #33
If I was in better health and 15 yrs younger, sure. FirstLight Sep 2024 #35
I'd rather resist than flee Easterncedar Sep 2024 #37
fit in enid602 Sep 2024 #39
This country is my home Ohioboy Sep 2024 #40
Oh, you still have time to get passports. MineralMan Sep 2024 #41
I'd have to scrape the Biden/Harris sticker off my bumper Bayard Sep 2024 #44
Cash everything out, go underground..... lastlib Sep 2024 #47
Liquidate/transfer assets and actively resist. Wuddles440 Sep 2024 #48
No plans obnoxiousdrunk Sep 2024 #50
Looking for real estate in New Zealand surfered Sep 2024 #51
Join the Rebel Alliance... IrishAfricanAmerican Sep 2024 #52
Dual Citizenship JustAnotherGen Sep 2024 #53
Join the resistance. yardwork Sep 2024 #54
I'm 69 and lived a good life. I can put up with 10 years in a "re-education camp". kerry-is-my-prez Sep 2024 #55
Husband and son are disabled so no one would take us. onecaliberal Sep 2024 #56
yeah, that's me and my wife as well... FirstLight Sep 2024 #57
Civil war might be a contingency plan nikatnyte Sep 2024 #58
I'm too old to run. If they are coming for me, I'd better not see it coming. That is all. n/t brewens Sep 2024 #59
Never too late to get passports LearnedHand Sep 2024 #61
I like the idea of MAGATs requiring a plan to bugout, instead. Trueblue Texan Sep 2024 #63
Do not do anything to help Trump kansasobama Sep 2024 #65
I'm concentrating on preparing for climate change which is almost a sure thing Kaleva Sep 2024 #67
yea, that's definitely gettin one up on us too... FirstLight Sep 2024 #72
There's only one choice for me. FelineOverlord Sep 2024 #70
Sorry I asked this if I pissed anyone off... I should know better to post early morning dread.... FirstLight Sep 2024 #73
Your post was fine TommyT139 Sep 2024 #89
Australia or NZ RainCaster Sep 2024 #74
Already sweating healthcare, just expecting things to generically to go to shit quickly. Brainfodder Sep 2024 #75
I know what I won't do: - abandon my country to fasicsts Skittles Sep 2024 #76
This message was self-deleted by its author RandySF Sep 2024 #77
It's not too late! Clouds Passing Sep 2024 #78
I've got options. Xolodno Sep 2024 #79
My plan is SilverDawg Sep 2024 #81
Trump's objective is to become fabulously wealthy like Putin, by stealing money from the State. jalan48 Sep 2024 #83
I almost asked this question myself Marigold Sep 2024 #85
impeach Donald. bigtree Sep 2024 #86
2026 and 2028. I'm not going anywhere. tritsofme Sep 2024 #87
I've adapted to every administration I've been born into. Torchlight Sep 2024 #90
Lol jimfields33 Sep 2024 #105
Got passports WmChris Sep 2024 #92
I don't think I'm in any danger.... Happy Hoosier Sep 2024 #95
We're going to win Unwind Your Mind Sep 2024 #96
As long as great grandparents... róisín_dubh Sep 2024 #103
My plan ForgedCrank Sep 2024 #97
we survived 2016, we'll survive again WarGamer Sep 2024 #98
Yes. Ireland. My wife via family can get dual citizenship. Javaman Sep 2024 #100
I guess I won't have to worry long Diraven Sep 2024 #101

bbernardini

(10,018 posts)
1. Right here. My mother is an Irish citizen, which helps.
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 12:26 PM
Sep 2024

I was able to get an Irish passport with no issues, and got our daughter citizenship as well. Just waiting on the passport. My wife just has to renew her US passport.

BlueTsunami2018

(4,988 posts)
2. Not really.
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 12:30 PM
Sep 2024

I never considered dying at the hands of fascists in my own country as a possibility for my end but it’s no longer out of the realm of possibility.

I don’t know that there’s anything we can do really. Our protests will fall on deaf ears, as they always do, until they stop us from protesting, which they will. Elections will become meaningless so there’s no voting them out after that.

I guess just put your head down and grind it out is the only thing to do. If it gets really crazy you can fight and die or go along to save yourself.

There are no good options.

wnylib

(26,008 posts)
36. I don't think that it would be entirely hopeless,
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 01:45 PM
Sep 2024

if Harris doesn't win, but it would be very grim. I expect violence from MAGAs but don't know how widespread it will be. If specific individuals or groups are targeted, I think that there will be violent push back in self defense.

There are many who will not accept a dictatorship. I believe that they will not just protest, but will literally fight back when MAGAs try to impose their dictatorial rule.

For those of us who can't leave, there are choices to make - become part of the resistance openly, resist secretly behind the scenes, or keep a low profile and be apolitical.

People in deep red areas might be better off to relocate within the US to a blue area, if possible. I do not place much faith in going to Canada unless people have close ties with a Canadian relative or business. Canada will not want to accept a flood of fleeing Americans. I live very near the northeastern border with Canada, but do not expect to go there.

I think that those of us who can't leave should network with people that we know and trust. Have ID, proof of citizenship, any meds and other necessities on hand, and be ready to group together or leave an area if it becomes necessary. What would make it necessary? Any roundups or physical fighting going on near you.

Don't let fear paralyze you. Keep a cool head. Know the faces and names of dangerous individuals or groups in your area and avoid interactions with them as much as possible.

But none of those precautions will be necessary for very long if we work hard to get Harris and Walz elected. Count on a violent reaction from MAGAs if Trump loses and be prepared for it. It WILL happen. I have no doubt about that. I just don't know how bad it will be or how long it will last before Biden and the new Harris administration get it under control. In the meantime, be prepared with necessities on hand in case fighting breaks out near you. Stay clear of it if you are not able to fight back.

I never in my life thought that such events would occur in the US, but Trump and his fanatical followers have shown that they will go to any lengths to seize power. My fervent hope is that they fail completely and lose everything in the process.



samnsara

(18,767 posts)
4. my dtrs husband was transferred from Seattle to Alabama last year and the
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 12:31 PM
Sep 2024

..two grand dtrs went with them..aged 22 and 20. Altho they spent 10 years in Tenn when the girls were young this seems different. I told her they need to move out of the country if trump wins as her husband is a Scottish immigrant however he got his citizenship last year just so he can vote against trump. She said they cant, money etc,jobs college blah...

Hubby and i are in our 70s with a recently remodeled house 2000 sq feet of junque that we could never clean out. We live on almost 5 acres of forest and most our neighbors are a political except the closet one put up a giant trump sign and i counteracted it with a giant jesus loves you sign.... and the trump sign came down. So we have the cash to flee and only 200 miles from Canada...BC which is expensive as hell. But we dont have the strength to flee.
We have a minimal cabin by Mt Rainier that has no power, internet or running water.

But anywhere i go i will feel trump in my head. I see no escape.

If anyone seriously colonizes in Canada we all need to know so we can join in. I met a woman whose family moved to canada in the 60s so the son ( her brother) could avoid the draft. They still live there

allegorical oracle

(6,479 posts)
25. I read just a headline a couple days ago that said Canada is cracking
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 01:28 PM
Sep 2024

down on immigration. Anybody know if that's accurate? Don't think I could take the cold, 'tho.

North Shore Chicago

(4,242 posts)
5. We have our passports.
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 12:34 PM
Sep 2024

Health care is our biggest concern if we relocate abroad, right now we both have kick-ass insurance.

We have been contemplating moving to Costa Rica, lower cost of living, great weather. We have visited several times and only have one thing to say.



SLOTHS

Trueblue Texan

(4,461 posts)
62. You have time to get passports...
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 03:08 PM
Sep 2024

even if TSF wins, which he won't, he won't take office until January. That is enough time.

 

DeepWinter

(931 posts)
6. Naw
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 12:36 PM
Sep 2024

We've survived 46 Presidents of varying quality. We survived Trump before. Democracy isn't dead just because someone you don't like is elected. The political pendulum always swings. Things go sideways, but we'll straighten them out.

 

newdayneeded

(2,493 posts)
19. trump is not like ANY previous
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 01:04 PM
Sep 2024

president. I promise you the very next day after his inauguration congress will deliver the work around using the Supreme Court to deem term limits on the president unconstitutional. by the end of his first year anybody making over 3 mill a year (and all corporations) will no longer pay taxes. Even folks making 20k and less a year will now pay taxes. The middle class and below will be taxed to cover the wealthy.

Shrek

(4,425 posts)
45. To be clear
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 02:04 PM
Sep 2024

You are promising that if Trump is elected, SCOTUS will declare on January 21 that the 22nd amendment is unconstitutional?

Bookmarking this post for review on January 22.

 

newdayneeded

(2,493 posts)
49. Go right ahead, when i win
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 02:20 PM
Sep 2024

because I was right, we both lose. it's 6-3 on the Supreme Court. Remember, there was a huge % of DUers saying Roe is the law of the land, no way that gets overturned.....until it did. It's an amendment, once deemed unconstitutional by the 6, it's no longer an amendment. Do you really think they don't have a 500 page (eliminate term limits) plan sitting with a dust on it for the last 3.75 years on a shelf somewhere?

Shrek

(4,425 posts)
68. Roe was not an amendment
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 04:31 PM
Sep 2024

It was a judicial ruling by 7 of 9 justices, never ratified by Congress or any state, and was controversial every single day it was in effect.

The 22nd amendment was ratified by super-majorities of both Congress and state legislatures and has not been remotely controversial since its incorporation into the Constitution. No one disputes that its adoption was procedurally and legally sound.

The Supreme Court is not going to unilaterally remove it. The very notion is an absurd fantasy.

 

newdayneeded

(2,493 posts)
102. Not gonna fight with you.
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 09:17 PM
Sep 2024

I hope you're right and I'm wrong. But this is trump with a huge Supreme Court majority. Unlike you, I'm worried about our future.

 

Zeitghost

(4,557 posts)
29. This about sums it up
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 01:34 PM
Sep 2024

We've been there before and we will be there again. It sucks, but we will get through it.

Chipper Chat

(10,868 posts)
7. I do not want to live under a dictator.
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 12:38 PM
Sep 2024

Maybe it would be time for California ,oregon, Washington and Hawaii to form "Pacifica."

FirstLight

(15,771 posts)
13. I'm in Cali and I approve this message...
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 12:48 PM
Sep 2024

...as long as the "State of Jefferson" people go somewhere else lmao

Mz Pip

(28,454 posts)
30. The State of Jefferson
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 01:36 PM
Sep 2024

We have a vacation cabin near Lassen Volcano National Park. Lots of State of Jefferson signs around. Total RW reactionary election denier millionaire rice farmer Congress critter Doug LaMalfa cleans up on Federal subsidies. I can’t imagine how this area would survive without the Federal subsidies this district gets.

keep_left

(3,210 posts)
38. Something a bit like that has already started, in an informal...
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 01:46 PM
Sep 2024

...and measured way. The initial baby steps were things like cannabis legalization (ignoring Federal drug scheduling). The patchwork of states where abortion is still legal is another example. Trump is in trouble with the fanatical right-to-lifers over that, because they want a Federal abortion ban and there is no good way to do it short of a Constitutional amendment.

https://democraticunderground.com/100219019557#post2

TommyT139

(2,357 posts)
82. Read up on the Comstock Act
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 07:04 PM
Sep 2024

"...they want a Federal abortion ban and there is no good way to do it short of a Constitutional amendment."

The law is already in place to enact a ban on abortion. The Comstock Act is very broad, prohibiting mailing anything that can be used for abortions (and a lot of other things). Definitions could likely be expanded to include not merely postal mail, but other forms of communication.

For medical abortions (pills), all Trump has to do is appoint a head of FDA who will retract approval for mifepristone.

That's even without the declaration in some form (court case? Legislation?) of fetal personhood.

keep_left

(3,210 posts)
88. Thanks for the info. I had no idea that Comstock...
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 07:22 PM
Sep 2024

...was so broad. I always thought that it was used to outlaw contraception, which is bad enough. IANAL, so it's not obvious to me why the anti-contraception language of the law is no longer being enforced--except for the obvious answer, which is that it is the year 2024, and any sane politician would never dream of trying to outlaw contraception. (Of course, that doesn't stop extreme right-to-lifers from advocating that, but I did say "sane" politicians).

So Comstock is still 100% on the books as of today? That's actually quite horrifying.

TommyT139

(2,357 posts)
91. It is.
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 07:41 PM
Sep 2024

It is. And as vague as some parts are, other parts are quite specific. Vague legal language - as we have seen in some red states already - is employed by rethugs to broaden reoressive laws, as in Texas's so-called exceptions, which are so vague that they threaten doctors into inaction. Yet the specific language - outlawing porn for instance - will get around contemporary mores. See Project 2025 about gay-content kids books for the punishments - imprisonment as pedophiles...for librarians.

Here is a good overview:
https://www.vox.com/abortion/351678/the-comstock-act-the-long-dead-law-trump-could-use-to-ban-abortion-explained

It's a zombie law... that's coming for us even if we hold the White House, Senate, and Congress. Because we'll have to fight it in each state where rethugs want to make use of it.

keep_left

(3,210 posts)
93. Comstock, if enforced, would outlaw medication abortions...
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 07:57 PM
Sep 2024

...but it can't outlaw surgical abortions, correct? (However, as I mentioned, IANAL, so maybe that's "not correct"!).

TommyT139

(2,357 posts)
104. My understanding...
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 09:21 PM
Sep 2024

...informed by people who are lawyers and/or PP leaders, is that anything used for medical abortions cannot be shipped. So that's basic surgical supplies, procedure-specific gear like speculi ("speculums"?), everything.

I suppose something would not violate the law if equipment was already in situ, but like you IANAL.

kansasobama

(1,750 posts)
64. I second Pacifica idea
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 03:24 PM
Sep 2024

All these red states are living off California. Without California, nation will wither. To be frank, I see four separate countries or federations. Because of geography, it is hard for a nice clean break. I would love the Pacifica idea.

Midnight Writer

(25,404 posts)
8. I intend to "pass" as MAGA. I speak fluent redneck and am a master of "the weave".
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 12:38 PM
Sep 2024

Last edited Tue Sep 10, 2024, 01:33 PM - Edit history (1)

I'm an old white guy and my rambling bullshit is second to none.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(28,493 posts)
9. Why is it too late to get passports?
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 12:39 PM
Sep 2024

Are they no longer being issued?

It's been my experience, over more than 50 years and five different passports, it's never even taken as long as six weeks for one to arrive. Usually much sooner.

FirstLight

(15,771 posts)
14. Right now there's a big backlog...they are saying 6-9 mos for new applications
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 12:50 PM
Sep 2024

That's why I said it that way... and you can bet they will "close the borders" and prevent travel if he wins :/

ga_girl

(208 posts)
60. Passports are actually being processed quickly
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 02:50 PM
Sep 2024

Go to reddit / passports. People are self reporting quick processing times, even with non-expedited processing.

MorbidButterflyTat

(4,507 posts)
69. "They" will close the borders?
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 04:34 PM
Sep 2024

The airports, too? How about coastlines?

Do people really think if these ridiculously extreme predictions come true, the majority of Americans are just gonna sit on their asses and take it? Or run away? JFC.

I won't.


PoindexterOglethorpe

(28,493 posts)
99. Source for that supposed delay?
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 08:38 PM
Sep 2024

For some 50 plus years now, every other year or so there's a scare story about how passports are taking a long time to process. I'm not sure they've ever actually gone above six weeks. And as I said, I've applied for renewals more than once during supposed long wait times and always got the new passport in four weeks or less. Always.

So even if it takes six weeks to get a new passport, that's still just the end of October, before election day. So renew.

sarisataka

(22,694 posts)
10. Wednesday November 6
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 12:40 PM
Sep 2024

I will get up and go to work, regardless of election results. That is Plan 'A' going forward.

I believe the threats are 99+% bluster. I had no fear when the rioting swept our area in 2020, I will not succumb to fear in 2025, though a shotgun may be nearby. I lead a life of non-violence and support gun control, but I am neither a pacifist nor unprepared.

FirstLight

(15,771 posts)
23. Last time is really not comparable...
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 01:18 PM
Sep 2024

I dont think he knew what he could get away with, and the supreme court wasn't in his pocket.

They are ALL emboldened, more so if the fucker wins...they gonna go out "shootin' libruls"

 

Zeitghost

(4,557 posts)
42. The only change to the Supreme Court
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 01:57 PM
Sep 2024

Since Trump left office was the addition of Justice Brown-Jackson.

ProudMNDemocrat

(20,895 posts)
12. It will not come to pass that MAGAs take control.
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 12:43 PM
Sep 2024

While the percentage of voters for the orange one remains constant, there will be plenty more who will choose FREEDOM over TYRANNY. I have to assume that level headed voters are reading up on Project 2025, what is inside it, to vote in numbers to REJECT tRump once and for all.

onetexan

(13,913 posts)
18. This!! We will not let the idiot magats take over our country
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 01:03 PM
Sep 2024

🇺🇸🇺🇸🌊Vote to make sure it NEVER happens 🌊🇺🇸🇺🇸

FirstLight

(15,771 posts)
22. I understand...
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 01:07 PM
Sep 2024

just thinking about the people who are crazy enough to go out "shootin them libruls"

FirstLight

(15,771 posts)
24. might be easier for renewals...
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 01:21 PM
Sep 2024

But new applicati88ons have been backed up for a while...6-9mos

doc03

(39,085 posts)
84. I heard it took months to get a passport last year. I got one in 4 weeks last fall. nt
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 07:06 PM
Sep 2024

Bev54

(13,431 posts)
94. I am in Canada and although we had a backlog after covid we are back to normal with 10 days
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 08:05 PM
Sep 2024

to two weeks depending where in the country and whether you are picking it up or receiving by mail. My son got his renewal in 5 days. So I was surprised to hear it is so long in the US.

totodeinhere

(13,688 posts)
20. I do not expect that MAGA will win the election.
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 01:06 PM
Sep 2024

But if they do I will not leave the country or do anything drastic. I will stay and continue to fight.

Jirel

(2,369 posts)
33. Stay and fight, what else?
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 01:40 PM
Sep 2024

I’m tired of hearing about escape plans. If we care about each other, we fight for each other. We are prepared to shoot back, legally, politically, and literally. It’s super privileged to plan to fly off to some saner foreign nation, leaving behind elders, LGBTQ+ friends, neighbors of color, young and poor folks who have no such options, etc.

FirstLight

(15,771 posts)
35. If I was in better health and 15 yrs younger, sure.
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 01:44 PM
Sep 2024

At this point, IDK what we'll do.
BUT I am also not going down without a fight at the ballot box...I am also volunteering locally etc for down ballot dem in my county/congressional district!

Easterncedar

(6,263 posts)
37. I'd rather resist than flee
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 01:46 PM
Sep 2024

Folks have died for this before. Why should we do less? The young folks have been called to sacrifice themselves for generations. Better if we old folks stand our ground. I never thought I would be called to it and like to think we can still win with votes. So let’s try that first.

Ohioboy

(3,891 posts)
40. This country is my home
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 01:53 PM
Sep 2024

Hopefully this won't be necessary, but I am too old to leave my home. I will stay and peacefully defend the Constitution from enemies foreign and/or domestic to the best of my ability.

I will remain peaceful yet vocal.

If the fascists kill me, I will have lived a good life, and will not die young. I would rather go down with honor than to join in with those duped into destroying America.

MineralMan

(151,259 posts)
41. Oh, you still have time to get passports.
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 01:53 PM
Sep 2024

Remember, the White House doesn't change tenants until mid January. Just get your application in soon.

However, do you have the funds to leave and move? Where would you go? Have you planned that out?

My guess is that your answer to all three questions is "no."

Any changes that happen are not going to happen instantly. I gather that you are in California. Things will change even more slowly there.

I don't think much of your final suggestion, either.

Plan. Don't panic. Assess your abilities and finances, and plan for something. Are you being persecuted where you are now? Probably you won't be anytime soon if the answer is no. There are almost 350 million people in the USA. Nobody's "coming for them.'

For now, go work on getting folks elected and to avoid the situation you fear. That would be the logical thing to do, if logic is your goal.

Bayard

(29,679 posts)
44. I'd have to scrape the Biden/Harris sticker off my bumper
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 02:01 PM
Sep 2024

trump is threatening to prosecute donors, so that puts all of us on his Go-To-Jail list. There will be a boom in prison guard jobs anyway.

I've looked at other countries. Not seeing anything suitable for our needs that wouldn't cost a fortune. Not giving up my animals.

lastlib

(28,258 posts)
47. Cash everything out, go underground.....
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 02:10 PM
Sep 2024

...and pick 'em off like cherries.......?

That may be extreme, but I will NOT bend a knee to those basturds.

Wuddles440

(2,094 posts)
48. Liquidate/transfer assets and actively resist.
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 02:20 PM
Sep 2024

They're relying on apathy, acceptance, and compliance, I will not be doing so.

JustAnotherGen

(38,050 posts)
53. Dual Citizenship
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 02:26 PM
Sep 2024

Via marriage in Italy - and we have an ancestral home there. My family will just take a vacation and never come back. Plenty of room in that big old house.

yardwork

(69,360 posts)
54. Join the resistance.
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 02:27 PM
Sep 2024

I'm too old to be much use, but I'd do what I can. I don't expect a lot of violence from MAGATs aimed at my gay married self. What I expect, if Trump is elected, is a rapid erosion of institutions and norms, and a dismantling of government departments and safety nets. This will plunge a lot of people into poverty and desperation. Domestic violence, burglaries, murders and assaults will rise.

By the time the morons figure out that Trump made them less safe, it will be too late. Maybe we can rebuild better.

kerry-is-my-prez

(10,281 posts)
55. I'm 69 and lived a good life. I can put up with 10 years in a "re-education camp".
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 02:27 PM
Sep 2024

Or being persecuted….

FirstLight

(15,771 posts)
57. yeah, that's me and my wife as well...
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 02:41 PM
Sep 2024

Unless Canada takes "Trump refugees"... supposedly it was a thing last time too... lol

But with our disabilities and chronic illnesses, we'd be screwed, no healthcare for us.

nikatnyte

(345 posts)
58. Civil war might be a contingency plan
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 02:45 PM
Sep 2024

My husband and I have discussed moving abroad should Cheato and his evil crew prevail, but where? We'd love to go to an English-speaking first world country like England, Ireland or Canada, but emigrating there is not easy.

Fortunately, we live in a very blue state--California. If worst comes to worst, and Cheato begins implementing a fascist dictatorship, I can't see Gavin Newsom and California just rolling over and letting it happen.

 

brewens

(15,359 posts)
59. I'm too old to run. If they are coming for me, I'd better not see it coming. That is all. n/t
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 02:46 PM
Sep 2024

LearnedHand

(5,495 posts)
61. Never too late to get passports
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 02:51 PM
Sep 2024

In fact, do it now, just in case MAGAts shut them down if the take the White House. Like others I'm hoping that doesn't happen. But I'm not reassured that TSF doesn't have a SCOTUS in his pocket to get him the results he wants.

Trueblue Texan

(4,461 posts)
63. I like the idea of MAGATs requiring a plan to bugout, instead.
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 03:16 PM
Sep 2024

Let them get a feel for what it means to seek asylum in another nation that is not their home. I'm not advocating that anyone's civil rights be violated, but their paranoia will convince them that's a legitimate fear.

kansasobama

(1,750 posts)
65. Do not do anything to help Trump
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 03:27 PM
Sep 2024

Do not donate, volunteer hours, etc. Trump would love that so that he does not have to pay .

The only objective should be-resist.

FirstLight

(15,771 posts)
72. yea, that's definitely gettin one up on us too...
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 04:53 PM
Sep 2024

living in a place where we see lots of extremes, and the fires have been the worst development. I dread summers now

FelineOverlord

(3,851 posts)
70. There's only one choice for me.
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 04:35 PM
Sep 2024

Revolution.

Remember that Heritage lunatic swore that the coup would be "bloodless" if liberals let them continue their coup.

But we're not going to let them.

FirstLight

(15,771 posts)
73. Sorry I asked this if I pissed anyone off... I should know better to post early morning dread....
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 04:58 PM
Sep 2024

I'm sick at home with my wife with COVID and probably had nyquil nightmares , and I hadn't downed enough coffee yet.

I can't help fluxuating between hope and confidence and anger - to fear and despair.

At least it's more like 80-90% goodvibes these days.

So again, be nice and I'm sorry of I pissed off anyone. We're taking a nap so we're both up for the debate!

TommyT139

(2,357 posts)
89. Your post was fine
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 07:25 PM
Sep 2024

People getting pissed at a reasonable question are having an unreasonable reaction.

It is wise to prepare...with most of it not happening on the open web. But think about what we worried about before gay marriage: do you have signed documents if your partner was hospitalized in a Roman Catholic hospital and you needed to visit? (Just as one example of protections that will absolutely go away.) Are you in a job where being LGBTQ will get you fired and/or imprisoned? (See Project 2025 on queer teachers, social workers, etc.)

And as we know from earlier administrations, the president evidently has the ability to cut off the Internet -- as is common in other fascist countries. Could you get in contact with family and friends? Do you have paper maps if you need to hit the road? If you are not opposed, do you have a gun and ammo? (As a gay man of trans experience, I expect that the second amendment of a defunct document won't apply to guys like me, given the public statements from rethugs.)

Now is a time to take the social circles you depend on for other crises, and raise the topic. Worst case? You have a spare month of medications and cat food, and know in greater detail just who your kin are...while you await the less likely disasters like earthquakes, wildfires, or the next pandemic.



Brainfodder

(7,781 posts)
75. Already sweating healthcare, just expecting things to generically to go to shit quickly.
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 06:40 PM
Sep 2024

Tariffs causing insane inflation, and whose gonna work low pay jobs when that happens?
Disaster.

Skittles

(171,697 posts)
76. I know what I won't do: - abandon my country to fasicsts
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 06:41 PM
Sep 2024

some people flee while others fight

Response to FirstLight (Original post)

Clouds Passing

(7,928 posts)
78. It's not too late!
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 06:42 PM
Sep 2024

I applied for mine on July 31 and got it back in two weeks. My husband applied for his a week later and got his in three weeks.

Xolodno

(7,349 posts)
79. I've got options.
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 06:48 PM
Sep 2024

In three different countries, two of which I have relatives living in. The third, given history would probably welcome me. Probably one of the few nice things about being from family that were exiles/refugees.

SilverDawg

(884 posts)
81. My plan is
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 07:01 PM
Sep 2024

to survive because that’s the goal every damn day. BUT, will not be as comfortable, I’m afraid, if the unthinkable happens.

jalan48

(14,914 posts)
83. Trump's objective is to become fabulously wealthy like Putin, by stealing money from the State.
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 07:05 PM
Sep 2024

Like dealing with the mob or a biker gang we will be told not to interfere or else. We'll be fine as long as we stay in our place, but if we protest we will be brutalized. It's George Bush Sr's, "New World Order" come to fruition.
What can we do?

Marigold

(230 posts)
85. I almost asked this question myself
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 07:18 PM
Sep 2024

I thought it was too soon before the debate. But I too wonder what the contingency plan would be. I actually don't care about myself that much anymore, my husband and I are both 67. But I have a 6 year old granddaughter who may have less rights than I had.

Crazy as it sounds, after the first Trump election, my husband and I bought a condo in Canada in case we ever needed to escape. It was a joke at the time, but we live within 2 hours of Quebec province, and pretend we are in France by car. We are too old for citizenship or permanent residency, but we can stay for 6 months as seasonal residents. Even a respite will be a relief if this goes south. Unless Trump declares war with Canada or some other bone headed maneuver to piss them off, and they won't let us across the border.

I plan to put the condo in a Canadian trust for my granddaughter. The rest is up to her once the time comes. I just want her to have an option. If she learns French and has a skill they value, she may be able to eventually become a citizen if need be.

Torchlight

(6,820 posts)
90. I've adapted to every administration I've been born into.
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 07:37 PM
Sep 2024

Most of the time, it just comes down to biting my own tongue more often than not. Not much ele I can do to change the taste of mustard.

She planted camellias and English primroses not too recently, and our only real plans are to watch them bloom over December. Promroses peeking up through a crust of frost on a crispy winter morning are pretty damned nice on the eyes.

WmChris

(740 posts)
92. Got passports
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 07:49 PM
Sep 2024

My wife and I discussed the remote ( we hope) possibility that this country could fall into the hands of the Christofacist oligarchy. We decided we better be ready to relocate somewhere where people were valued and treated as assets not liabilities. We are feeling more confident that the ship of state will right itself, but if not we have options.

Happy Hoosier

(9,533 posts)
95. I don't think I'm in any danger....
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 08:07 PM
Sep 2024

I'm privileged and I know it. I fear for my friends and loved ones that are more vulnerable.

Unwind Your Mind

(2,347 posts)
96. We're going to win
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 08:11 PM
Sep 2024

My cousin told me recently that we qualify for Italian citizenship as great grandchildren of immigrants

Also we have a spot we like in Mexico. Our passports are current

But, we’re going to win

róisín_dubh

(12,335 posts)
103. As long as great grandparents...
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 09:18 PM
Sep 2024

Didn’t naturalise before your grandparents were born, I think.
I’m applying for mine.
But I thankfully already live abroad.

ForgedCrank

(3,093 posts)
97. My plan
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 08:11 PM
Sep 2024

is solid.
I'll live my life like I always have until he is finally gone.
I'll add to that though, I don't think he has a real shot at winning. Polls mean exactly jack, and most people are really really tired of the Trump thing.

WarGamer

(18,613 posts)
98. we survived 2016, we'll survive again
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 08:12 PM
Sep 2024

The Resistance will rise and fight Trump in Court and Congress.

It'll be a stalemate and he won't get much done.

We WILL survive.

Javaman

(65,705 posts)
100. Yes. Ireland. My wife via family can get dual citizenship.
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 08:54 PM
Sep 2024

And since we’re married, me too😀

EU baby

Diraven

(1,896 posts)
101. I guess I won't have to worry long
Tue Sep 10, 2024, 08:59 PM
Sep 2024

I have a chronic medical condition so I expect my health insurance will find some way to kick me off when they repeal the ACA. That will pretty much be it for me.

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