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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Continue on as a wage slave hoping to get like a couple weeks vacation eventually.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

If it happens and I'm still in this hell hole probably just die.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I plan to leave the country anyway. Shit’s getting too weird in the US.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Luckily I'm already out of the country but I don't think will go well if that happens.

Every now and then I have to remind myself that America was founded by religious nutjobs and colonized by industrialists.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

No joke- moving to Canada. Arrwngements are already made. We live 2-3 hours away as it is, so it wouldn’t be a huge change for us.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (4 children)

But at the same time, it also will be a huge change. You'll be reading about things happening in another country.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Right? Hopefully it won’t have to happen, but if America is willing to elect a twice impeached rapist that’s got almost 40 criminal indictments- then I have no intention remain a part of it.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Depends on what he does. Since I'm in the least likely demographic to be targeted (hmm, unless they start going through political groups I've been a member of), probably the same as I'm doing now. If it looks like there will be a civil war, I'd probably try to leave the country, but I guess that'd be too late, and I think a civil war is unlikely. I don't think many people would be willing to give their lives for... the Democratic party? I think the U.S. will become more like Russia (fake elections in red states [ensuring the Republican party the presidency and congress forever], more brutal police oppression, erosion of rights, opposition leaders falling out of windows, and encouragement of vigilante "justice" against whoever the "enemy" is at the time). I think protests and riots would be the most people would do, and they'd likely be met with increasingly deadly force.

Since covid, I make sure I keep a few months of non-perishables and water on hand in case of temporary supply chain disruptions, and I have plenty of wood to heat or cook with if needed. If there is a severe economic downturn (which is likely to happen in the unstable environment Trump would provide), and I couldn't find another well-paying job, I'd probably lose my home for not being able to pay my mortgage though.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I live in a very conservative place in the south where even the queer people are here pretty conservative hopefully he doesn't win... Didn't think I needed to spell it out until I remembered the people I live around so yeah I guess it makes sense 🥲

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Just die I guess

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Same as if Biden wins in 2024.

Or, assuming that one of them has a heart attack or something before then, Nikki Haley or Kamala Harris or whoever.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Part of me thinks we get what we deserve.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Except it's not we. The majority's vote is overruled by the electoral college.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Lisbon, though we have some other ideas. We went through the process of research and consideration a few years ago and were seriously going to move. We didn't and are glad for that, and glad to have gone through that process in case we decide to leave.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Im not american but i would jump off a cliff if that happens

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