As someone who immigrated to the US as a child, if leaving the US is even 10% as difficult for me as coming was for my parents, I don’t think I’m capable of it despite having a fully remote job at a global company.
Comment on *for 1 week's worth of groceries but yea..
CoffeeJunkie@lemmy.world 6 days agoTo leave the US isn’t as easy in itself…to leave, and sever all financial ties, even moreso. I think you must renounce your US citizenship to stop paying income taxes. $2400 + any exit fees, for those with a little more built-up wealth.
Where to go, where to land, is another big question. Nerds with their remote working jobs can go anywhere, work from anywhere, and get their money. I am a blue collar laborer. Pros & cons to that, but it does physically limit where one can go & make a halfway successful, nice living.
I do believe the US is in decline. This could be a Rome type situation, where it is in decline for centuries. When you’re at the top, there’s a long way to fall. It might be best to position yourself accordingly, and not make any rash decisions.
lengau@midwest.social 6 days ago
Vinny_93@lemmy.world 6 days ago
I was kinda hinting at voting for someone who isn’t a senile old coot.
I haven’t looked into US politics enough to know whether the third party is any option though.
AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 6 days ago
It isn’t. We really do have a two party system. Voting for a third party that’s closer to your ideology just takes a vote away from the major party candidate that’s the closest to it. We have several examples in the past where a third party candidate cost an election for the closest major party candidate, and zero examples where a third party candidate came close to winning. Roosevelt came by far the closest when he ran independent in 1912 and got 27% (which is why Wilson win).
Rustmilian@lemmy.world 6 days ago
President George Washington was the first and the last independent that won.