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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I don't want americans to leave the united state of fascism. I want them to stop voting in imbecilic tyrannical genocidal despots that are convicted rapists who like to fuck children so much that they are compromised by the russians.

Now let me be clear, the orange buffoon that's in 'control' now is all of the above, but any one thing of the above list is bad.

If a fair election ever happens again -because, let's face it, it's not guaranteed- and you feel that the person you are about to vote for is a russian stooge, or a kiddie fiddling rapist, or an imbecile etc etc then STOP ...and then vote in the person who will most likely not rape children, or try to overthrow your government for their own personal gain 👍.

[–] Ryanmiller70@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

Problem is it's near impossible to convince people in non-swing states to vote if they normally don't. A lot of people view it as "my vote doesn't matter cause the other side always wins this state" so you'd have to constantly try to battle that mindset. Doing that for 500,000+ people (that's just for my state if you wanted to flip it blue or get it close to purple) is asking a lot.

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[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

I have sort of the opposite problem. My wife and I moved to Japan in our 20s and it was pretty damn easy because I'm a citizen and I had family help me find an apartment for us. We were 100% set in terms of basic necessities in like a week and could start job hunting immediately. Now that I'm in my 40s, we're trying to go back to Canada so we can take care of our parents more and let the kids experience Canadian schools, but it's so god damn expensive to do anything.

[–] Aatube@thriv.social 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

There was a program across many European countries where the wealthy could basically legally buy visas: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/17/realestate/europe-homes-sale-americans-lisbon-barcelona.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8k8.8kzm.JXddN45A1l0k Was being phased out country by country due to jacking up housing prices, though, but on the other hand some countries have kept it while removing housing as a route: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/21/business/golden-visa-spain-europe-housing-crisis.html?unlocked_article_code=1.mE0.RznS.5NJdOYdNsasA

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[–] M137@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Is it really that common? I've seen people say that a few times but I actually expected more. Like, one or several comments saying it in every comment thread about anyone showing disagreement with everything going on. But it's been a rare show of intelligence and basic comprehension among all the places it easily could have been said.

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

I'm more realistic. I tell people to leave the Untied States if they can. I realize not everyone can but I know people who have other options and choose to stay there. People with ties to other countries

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 1 points 2 days ago

They are much laxer for USAians than they are for poorer third-world countries, I'll tell you that much! Don't kid yourself, the USAian passport still has a lot of strength. It opens doors to many places.

If you want to move, there are actually many options, it doesn't have to be Europe. Vietnam for example needs English teachers and they aren't exactly picky on how well you speak English. If you can speak another language, you already have one leg up compared to your mono-lingual compatriots e.g Spanish cat get you to many places.

Simply going "oh, it's hopeless, I can't move anyway" is the wrong attitude. If you have studied, you already belong to 30% of the population that has. Try applying abroad. If you haven't studied yet, get a loan, study (pick a study that has a future), leave the US and never return. There's no need to pay off the load if you leave because having debt isn't illegal and they aren't going to drag you back from another country to pay your debt.

What I'm saying is, there's options. If you're USAian, living in the USA, you live in one of the most prosperous country in the world and have quite a few advantages over say a farmer in Mongolia or an Iranian. If an Iranian can get out of Iran and become a citizen of a European country, so can you.

It's more like "following the atrocities caused by Western imperialism, people have been moving around trying to find safety and if they did it, why can't you, citizen of the murderous empire?".

[–] 1rre@discuss.tchncs.de -4 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Immigration is very possible to a lot of countries via employer sponsored routes, generally for highly developed countries the requirement is "you have to be earning above average for your industry," so essentially if you're in the top 50% by skill/experience you should be allowed in. Others require certain levels of education, etc. but for US citizens those levels should generally be achievable.

Relatively, moving to the US has been so much harder than moving out for a long time now, which is why people are saying "just move out."

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