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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 2 hours ago (3 children)

You realize that unless you have a second citizenship it's not easy to just up and leave for another country?

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 hour ago

Even that isn't enough unless you have a lot of money laying around and some kind of support network in whatever country you plan to escape to.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (2 children)

Most people don't. I really didn't get the whole scope/big picture until my wife (who immigrated as a child and now works with immigrant families) explained the whole process and gave examples of things she's seen at work and with people in the community. Last night we got dinner with my mom and she asked "OK where are we moving to?" to only get a lengthy conversation of how it's works and how hard it is. It's not as easy as buying a plane ticket, selling all your stuff or shipping things to where you are going and then picking up life as normal. I hope most people here realize that, but I felt like it needed to be said.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 hour ago

Immigration is never easy... Right? I'd like to hear more stories from those who ensured the process.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 53 minutes ago

Shipping your things? Lmao 🤣

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 hour ago

I've looked, it's also incredibly expensive, outside of many people's means, mine included