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Americans Are Leaving the U.S. in Record Numbers
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You make it sound easy, but most countries are going to refuse American political refugees unless they have something substantial to contribute. Why should they allow all these refugees to overwhelm their health care system, housing, etc.?
We're kicking people out of America for those same reasons, why would we think it will be any different for us in other countries?
I'm not sure they qualify yet?... Maybe, but calling them refugees... weird timeline.
Anyway a few countries have digital nomad visas, so there's that.
What else would you call people who are escaping an abusive government to avoid impending danger?
Americans have this deep-seated pride that leads them to believe that "it could never happen here," but I have news for us all, it's already happening, it getting worse every day, and it's going to get far worse than our worst imaginations, if we don't do something serious to stop it.
I have a degree in history, I know EXACTLY where we are headed, and just being American is not going to protect or save us.
I don't have a degree in history, I know EXACTLY where you are headed.
I get it, it seems pretty obvious, but MAGA has spent years convincing many people that only good can happen, and a lot of them still buy it.