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I am so fucking embarrassed to be an American. Fuck this country and its “leaders”
Personally I'm disgusted to be in the same country as the people who approve of this. Makes me fucking sick.
Hopefully, we'll open Canada's doors to Americans like you soon. Sending you digital hugs my friend.
I really appreciate you saying this (although I'm not OP). I'm scared for my family, my kid is in the LGBTQ community, and we live in fucking Florida, the smelly dick of the US. We are getting our passports setup just in case.
I work in maintenance/construction, and I'm surrounded by MAGA screaming idiots. These people can't be argued with. All these people care about is hurting others. It's astounding what this country has become. A shell of its former self. The US has already failed, and none of them can see it.
Trans refugees have been mentioned as the first priority, if that's what's going on.
Dope, you'll find work easily. Our housing supply is jacked. I know one guy that got pulled out of retirement to be a foreman three days a week, and he says they're paying him like he's full-time and then some. You might even have a shot at economic migration now, although that system is a nightmare.
Like the other person mentioned, for that reason, if there's a ton of Americans coming up all at once it's recommend bringing your own accommodations. Even if it's not a winter-safe RV, people can and do build a little insulated enclosure to protect the plumbing and manage heating costs.
Also in Florida. Love the state, hate the people.
With the number of Canadians leaving Florida, I don’t expect you will be needing much home construction soon.
And that concerns me for Canadians. If things continue on a downward trend, Americans with serious money (note: I do not have "serious" money) will head to Canada, further exacerbating the housing shortage.
We've got a housing shortage, so if we open the door to American refugees we're going to need a lot of construction workers.
I say "You can come, but it could be a natural death sentence; Temperatures in cities ~~west~~ east of the rockies get very, VERY cold and you will need to survive by living in a tent because we are out of residences."
Unless you can build a house in the next 6 months, own a motorhome, or are on the west coast, you're better off seeking asylum anywhere else that will take you first. I hear Japan or - if you have to - China have a few unoccupied buildings whose property values are affected by their plummeting birth rates. Look into those first, then any nations you have second citizenship in, then take your chances surviving our brutal winters (if you live in Michigan or North Dakota, you already know what kind of temperatures I'm talking about), and good luck.
Grabbing a motorhome or trailer is highly recommended, if you have any equity at all to play with. Even if you can't find an all-season one, there's campgrounds that will let you build an insulated enclosure around it.
I think you meant east.
I indeed do. Sorry about that!
Fellow Floridian keeping eyes on an out, but neither my wife nor I are quite "skilled" enough to go be able to get jobs elsewhere. She may be able to but she works in the arts so it likely wouldn't pay much. I could work anywhere being in IT but I'm not specialized enough to get anything they wouldn't just hire locally for.
Hang in there. Ive always said Florida is the best state if it wasn't for the Floridians.
Hang in there and keep an eye on the west coast. If California votes in favor of secession, sell your house or get a loan for it as collateral, buy a motorhome with the money and go to northern California (preferrably somewhere near San Francisco). It's super expensive (or at least it is at the time of writing, this being the place Silicon Valley is located) but, provided that California has already confirmed secession, you'll be as far as you can get from "his" influence without leaving the Continental US.
Other options if you have no other citizenship are Hawaii, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Alaska and the Seattle area. If you can cross a border, head for Kelowna in British Columbia. I do not recommend trying to get through Texas to Mexico, there are a lot of culturally-engrained prejudices that you're certainly familiar with that will have them questioning why a family would flee Florida "unless they're trying to escape" and pre-emptively detain anyone traveling in a motorhome with their entire family. If possible, drive as far north as you can before turning west.
Use OsmAnd (an android GPS app that uses OpenStreetMap instead of Google Maps) on a cheap phone for your navigation, toss it and your normal phone if you have a close call. If you have ANY access to leave the country for one of similar safety for ANY reason, research their current state using wikipedia. Buy your tickets for an airline now and then prepare legal resources to apply for refugee status in the country you end up in (might take several long-distance calls). Worst-case scenario, you take your chances of being deported by creating a change.org petition and hope that the recipient country understands you're not leaving the wealthiest country on earth if shit hasn't hit the fan (they probably will be willing to listen). All of this is legal but will also keep you out of trouble if legality is not a barrier to those currently trying to take complete power in the US. Please note, I'm not an American or a lawyer, I just have a surprising amount of life experience. Good luck.
I appreciate you taking the time! This is some great information and has helped me explore some other options. Im not holding out for any kind of secession though. My countrymen, even the same ones in California, are too lethargic for that. I hope I'm wrong and we will find something to finally unite behind, but for now the discontent is scattered and general which makes individual action harder and less effective.
As an American I'm not embarrassed. The whole world should have seen this coming. This country elected Trump in ~~2020~~ EDIT: My mistake, Trump was elected in 2016. Americans showed you what type of time they're on. When he lost re-election Americans tried to force his presidency. The Democrats were too weak while they had power, always trying to take the high road. If any country is still dumb enough to rely on the US for anything then they get what they get.
EDIT 2: spell check
Trump did not get elected in 2020....he was elected 2016. Biden was elected 2020.
Have to correct because the craziest think he did win 2020.
Oh yeah, you are correct. I'll fix it.
And by "high road" you mean the one paved by donor money, not the morally high road.
Yes thats the one. I wasn't clear but you are right.
Don't you think this attitude is the reason why you're in this mess? Wanting a strong ruler rather than having politicians that follow the law and try to provide good government. If the Democrats were "strong" then you'd have a Democrat strongman and you'd still be in the same mess.
The Dems are weak. And it's not because they follow the law because they don't, just look at that NY City mayor. They follow the money, look at Pelosi. They aren't a party for the common person but the loudest who might net them the most money. Mostly, they're just like Republicans in the way they cling to power until their death. How many of them have died in power due to old age instead of stepping aside to let the young legislate the world they're inheriting? They try to follow agreed upon rules, not laws, knowing the other party won't follow those rules.
As an example, Obama had the opportunity to appoint 2 judges to the Supreme Court. Instead of appointing a judge after Scalia died he let the next president decide arrogantly thinking it would be Clinton. He also believe senator Graham when he stated that presidents shouldn't appoint judges during election year. Everyone with a brain knew that was bullshit! You have the power to appoint judges so do it! The second SC judge he could have appointed would replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg but that also didn't happen because she, a dem, couldn't let go of power and retire. Instead she dies in office during Trump's first term. That's the term where he appoints a SC judge during an election year and Graham forgets what he said 4 years earlier.
Now where would we be now if Obama appointed 2 more judges before his term ended? Imagine what the Supreme Court would look like if Obama called Graham's BS and RBG gave up power and retired like the old lady she was? It's shit like this that convinces me that the Democratic Party is weak.
In a democracy you should strive for having strong people and weak politicians that do as the people want.
If you're striving for having strongmen so you don't have to do anything yourself, then you are being weak. And that's why the US has gotten to be what it's become: weak and lazy people looking for someone else to solve all of your problems. This is why Trump's message of "vote fore me and you won't need to vote ever again" resonates. You want someone to rule over you and figure out everything for you. This made the US ripe for a fascist takeover.
Even now you're whining about someone else not solving your problems for you. Didn't vote? That's the democrats fault. To cowardly to discuss politics with your family? That's the democrats fault.
In the end, you're aligned with the fascists in your hatred of the opposition. It's easier for you to sit back and complain about the opposition than to grow a spine and support the opposition regardless of what your family, peer group, or anyone else will think about for doing so.
Dude stop trying to put words in my mouth. I didn't say any of that. I already explained why I thought the democrats were weak and it wasn't for anything you just said. They are weak because they were trying to play by rules the other team clearly didn't play by, they're weak because they arrogantly thought they could keep power beyond their limit, they are weak because they stand for trends instead of standing with the people who vote for them and listening to their real problems. I can't tell you how many times the democrats would come to my community begging for votes and making promises only to walk back on those promises and never come back until the next election promising to do it then.
I never said anything about anyone ruling over me or making decisions for me. I've never whined about anyone else not solving my problems. Where did you even get that? I never even mentioned discussing politics with family, which I do, so why did you just make up more shit to throw against me.
And finally you claim I'm aligned with fascist using the evidence you literally just made up. You are part of the problem. You don't want to accept any criticism on the democrats but instead make up lies about what you claim I said or what you interpret. You don't listen but you'll use lies to discredit and silence me because I don't agree with you.
Everything in that post you claimed I said or that I represent is not true. Stop making shit up.
Unfortunately, they are not 100% the problem. Certain groups of loyal citizens put them there.
So while I agree, fuck every politician in office, let's not forget to give credit where credit is due to the "american" people.
And don't tell me those same people are just brainwashed. No, those same people would have put a fascist in power regardless of how educated they are. Evangelicals are just clueless and even the smart ones suck cheeto dick.
Agreed. America honestly deserves this shit. I hope they take social security away from all these old mostly boomer republicans that voted for this shit and they suffer miserably. It’s what they wanted and they still will tell you with a straight face this is what they want. I was never gonna get it anyways.
Sincerely, thank you for specifying the State religion of evangelical "Supply Side Jesus" as its own evil cult, and not alienating the rest of us who stand with you. I always appreciate that nuance in this kind of discourse.
There's a lot of Christians here, myself included, horrified by every second of this, watching people calling themselves "christians" give themselves over willingly to corruption and sheer evil and unfiltered hatred at an alarming rate.
Of course we're silenced on many fronts: Most of the money for churches comes from powerful americultist organizations and donors, who are obviously in the angry orange baby Hitler's pocket, and they're seeding such hateful polarization that even leftists are turning on us and discounting us outright.
We're not as loud, well-funded, or numerous as the cult of hatred and warmongering and greed. But we know that the Jesus of the Gospel who commanded us to "Love thy neighbor as thyself" is not the Jesus of the State, and to throw one's lot in with these politicians is to deliberately side with the legions of Hell.
I am heartbroken and ashamed at how many people I once thought good and decent, who have fallen for this lie and follow such a disgraceful monster.
The percent of US Christians and veterans who picked Cheeto exceed 60% both groups should properly classed as nazis and traitors.
Yes, but don't go full nazi yourself. Otherwise you're just responding to one holocaust with demands for another.
Christianity isn't what's pure evil, it's extremism that is evil. That can come from any ideology, just add "kill your neighbour for making things less the way you want them to be".
Christianity IS evil. Whilst the possibly mythic progenitor of the religion is supposed to be good its been broadly responsible for many evil acts and given a chance couldn't even speak out against actual Hitler until after he was defeated and dead.
It's not "full nazi" whatever that means in this context to have an accurate understanding that certain groups are not in any way on the right side of things. Some individuals might be but those groups as a whole are on the side of power. They've always been on the side of power. They have never been on the whole or on average good people.
It's full nazi to kill people for what they believe. If you think Christianity is evil, then everything is evil because nothing is perfect. Christianity is not perfect, not objectively good and not more than an ideology no matter what it's followers claim. That does not mean you get to go around killing people solely because you believe they're evil. YOU'RE evil. You also aren't being logical or reasonable, so take your jackass atheist self with delusions that everyone should have to face oblivion instead of SOME FORM of afterlife, and go fuck yourself.
I am transhumanist, not Christian, but I understand fear of death and always will. If you refuse to accept that it is NATURAL and OKAY to want to live forever, to try and stay as young as you feel forever, then I am done. Go away, or I'll make you so fucking miserable you'll beg for death. I'm done negotiating with the species that always found a reason to hate me since 2017.
I grew up Christian, and denounced it all at age 15 for atheism. Later, I ended up becoming very spiritual (but not religious, more like Taoist/Buddhist). That's when I started to realize there are nuances like this.
Admittedly, I almost did write down Christian, but I changed it 'cause of exactly what you say. It isn't fair to the actual Christ-like that exist out there, and it's not only Christian denominations behaving this way.
It sucks that religion in general is being used by the vile controllers to manipulate, and I wish there were more folks like you that actually questioned things and lifted the veil for themselves. Seems to me that, at least southern baptists, are practically trained to never question authority and always take information at face value if the person giving that information simply claims they are Christian. Same people believe that you should keep sex and drug information from your children, instead of preparing them for the good and bad of each they may encounter in the world.
Yea... it especially sucks when its your parents. We used to do fun things together, now I have to hide everything about who I am.
Don't be embarrassed for the actions of poloticians. We only have the illusion of choice in the US. You can be embarrassed for the human race if you like. Cause "leaders" like this exist in the first place.
This is definitely our punishment for elevating sociopathy to celebrity, rather than chasing it out into the dark woods with pointy sticks.
Don't be embarrassed for the actions of poloticians. We only have the illusion of choice in the US. You can be embarrassed for the human race if you like. Cause "leaders" like this exist in the first place.
Our people did this. I see the ignorance and stupidity on a daily basis. People are cheering this shit on. It’s disgraceful.
Living inside the same imaginary lines on a map doesn't make them our people. The Russian government has more influence over such people than you or I.
Politicians gain their power from The People. It is alarming as an American that nearly half the country actually wants this to happen because "the other side is getting hurt" without recognizing that they too will suffer alongside the people they are told to dislike.
What was that infamous quote from POTUS LBJ again? "Convince the poorest white that he's better than the richest black so you can pick his pockets clean [paraphrasing]"
More accurate:
The "leaders" of the human race have a long history of shaping "the people"s lives so that they suseptible to being convinced by poloticians. It's like fighting against the addictive powers of social media. They hire the best to make it addictive. Many people just can't mentally compete. That said, voter turnout was 64%, so only 32% ish voted for this. And a large part were probably dupped by the messaging.
No, it's worse. I urge you to look up the Georgia law (the Jim Crow kind) that may have been used to literally TAKE tens if not hundreds of thousands of votes away by declaring - just like that - that everyone you disagree with or who looks different than you (in your county and assuming you live there, it only applies to Georgia currently) is not fit to vote.
I'm serious. They fucking planned this.
Why would I want to make myself sadder. Lol. It's kind of like deflatgate in American football. If you take top people in any profession, and put them in a competition with a serious reward, they will always try to "stretch" the rules in thier favor any way they can.