I left. No regrets, just a lot of grief. As a trans immigrant, the US does not and has never represented me.
Fun fact, I still have to pay US taxes but I can’t renew my US passport. What’s that about taxation without representation?
What happens if you just don’t pay?
I have no idea what happens if you don’t but, next administration might be competent. I wouldn’t wanna find out under people who actually know what they’re doing.
Expatsi sounds like a company that would use you as a drug mule.
It’s the people you can least afford to lose and hardest to replace who tend to go first.
I Left a long time ago (for the second time) and will never go back. My kids got a far better education, my income prospects greatly improved, and life here is just …easier. Mind you I left from NYC which is everything except easy. Still love NYC but will not go back to visit under these circumstances.
My wife and I fought actively for change on the local level. It changed nothing.
Where did you go?
NL. I’ve stated it here and other places before and my Bsky profile is mostly shots of my city. I am trivially easy to dox.
But, I have friends, so don’t do that please.
is it irony that the regime bending over backward for privileged people is most of all driving out privileged people
Not quite - the regime is bending over backwards for people it feels it can control. They don’t care about the privileged people leaving, just that there are enough bodies left to fight wars & work.
not really, this guy couldn’t survive in the US
No ragrets
I’ve considered leaving, but I’d need a good work from home job to do it
On one hand - great news. Fewer workers and potential conscripts for the US empire.
On the other hand - I don’t think anyone wants even a single American more in their own country.
Side note - how on earth are other countries still respecting US driver’s licenses?
I’ll take American doctors and high skill professionals. They’re always welcome here in Canada
Plus the people leaving are going to be heavily heavily biased against Trump I think. Why would a MAGA cult member abandon their great nation? It’s not even finished becoming great again? Are they that tired of winning?
This right here. The smartest people I know are “leftists”. The “right” is filled with majority regressive thinkers and the uber rich brainwashing those idiots into hatred.
A significant percentage of Americans have always been plenty hateful, no brainwashing necessary.
I voted against the orange mussolini. But, yeah, I’m the problem bcz I’m American.
yes… this guy makes that point as a Russia, he is the problem and is why he left
While I certainly understand someone who feels threatened and doesn’t want to become another cautionary tale about misjudging fascists capacity for murder, I’m concerned that the exodus of people who oppose the regime just further solidifies their hold.
It also increases the risk for those left behind who can’t leave.
If you’re leaving because you expect to die if you stay, then godspeed to you. If you’re leaving because you’d rather go someplace where you can pretend it doesn’t affect you, then fuck you.
I left pre-Trump, for personal reasons. I’ll never go back.
And I think it’s unwise to judge those who leave rather than staying and fighting. My ex’s family came to the US from Poland in the 1930s. The family that remained in Poland were sent to the camps and murdered. People make their own choices, and it’s sanctimonious to lecture those who choose differently than you did. And staying and actually fighting is not the same as being a keyboard warrior, either. I’m not saying you are, but many others are.
We’ve got our own fasc problem here, too. I’m doing what I can. Lemmy’s not the place to go into more detail than that.
Ignore this guy. Run if you have the means. The US will self immolate and anyone who can escape should
If you want to stay to defend your home with direct action Godspeed
Someone’s decision to leave is theirs and theirs alone. I fully understand why people who have the means decide to stay, I also know firsthand how difficult it is to leave. Leaving is not an easy choice by any metric, and I’m not going to die in a repurposed Kmart so that the privileged majority can remain comfortable.
The USA made it very clear that they want to kill me. I went to my us rep with a half dozen other trans people and said “we believe the government has genocidal intent towards us”.
He said “yeah I don’t disagree with you”
“Can you make a public statement in support of your trans constituents?”
“No because then someone in Ohio might not vote Democratic”
This was in one of the safest blue districts in the entire country.
I have kids I need to keep alive and to stay alive for.
Stay and fix your shit you fuckers
This is exactly the sentiment of Republicans here when migrants come to the US to seek a better life.
Congrats on not being better than them, but just being somewhere else.
well that sounds familiar…
Especially the ones who have the privilege of even having the option of leaving
yeah! fuck people who have the means of leaving a bad situation! fuck those Iranians that left before their country was bombed fuck those Jews for fleeing Germany!
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Yes please. No more American’s in my country complaing to me, a local, about immigrants. I can’t fucking do it anymore.
No more American’s in my country
complaing to me, a local,
about immigrants. I can’t fucking do it anymore.
if you’re tired of hearing it, have you thought about shutting the fuck up?
Leaving does help, doesn’t it? Think about it: Fewer workers, fewer taxes, and fewer potential soldiers.
