You don’t know me. I’d wager you don’t know any of the people you hurl such a poor excuse for an activist comment at.
I’m willing to bet that I’ve done more to fight back against fascism this week than you have your whole life and I wasn’t even born in the US.
Gotcha. Thank you for answering.
fight back
Define, please.
I’m not being glib here. I hear people chant for people to “fight back” and I honestly want to know what they think that looks like.
If protesting, filming, following them, warning others, blocking their entry into places, etc doesn’t count to you, what does?
Again; I’m asking in earnest.
This is how he’s always conducted “business”.
Threaten to destroy something, thinks that he’s pulled the “value” down as a result, then “offer a deal”. This is just how he operates.
He never had the intention or ability to take control of Greenland. He just wants to force them to the table.
Chin up, shoulders back, still tough, cuz Black don’t crack!
It’s like fucking 4chan is running the goddamned country.
It’s so bizarre seeing people capitulate to toddler tantrums. We’re all being held hostage by an ipad kid.
It’s crazy that I’m kinda hoping for a civil war, at this point. I don’t see any way out of this that isn’t an armed conflict.
I didn’t come here until I was a teen and I was deposited into a state that is pretty hostile to everything that I am. My wife came to the US when she was 17 and its been a struggle for her since day 1.
I am so beyond exhausted.
We’ve been in a cold civil war for years now. It’s just getting hotter and hotter.
I’ve been to marches that were literally planned by children afraid of their futures and boomer men showed up with guns to scare them.
I seriously cannot picture this happening. More of Trump’s dementia addled Twitter rambling. Even the puppets pulling his strings wouldn’t want this.
I mean, crazier shit has happened, but I see the US going full Handmaid’s Tale long before I see them invading a self-governed nation full of almost exclusively white people.
My money would be on Russia making that play before the US.
Just took a look at Costa Rica’s residency requirements:
Sigh…
I do think “digital nomad” options are fairly new for a number of countries and that may be my best bet. My field doesn’t really have virtual jobs, but my wife’s does.
That has been what I’ve found. Over 35, no degree, no savings? lol get fucked.
Best I’ve been able to find is Uruguay, but languages have always been really hard for me.
The wild thing is the American southwest. California, New Mexico, Arizona, Texas . . . all of that was literally Mexico.
People drew imaginary lines and said “You’re an American citizen if you’re born here, but not if you’re born there”. When it’s the same goddamned people.
We call Dine people in El Paso Navajo Native Americans. We call the exact same ethnic group 20 miles south in Cuidad Mexican foreigners.
I think this misses how horrifically expensive this avenue would be. I’m not trying to dismiss that this is a viable avenue for some people, but those people have more financial, social, physical, and mental capital than the majority of trans persons.
When you are given a route to asylum, you have protections and can apply for assistance. You can’t do that as a tourist.
So many of us live paycheck to paycheck and, if we sold everything that won’t fit in a suitcase, we could barely afford the plane ticket.
We have to make day-by-day analyses and weigh the options. Right now, I’m choosing a semi-stable roof over my head and saving every penny I can manage. My only alternative at this point is to choose homelessness in a foreign country, hoping that I don’t get deported back here with no means to rebuild what I’ve lost.
Being homeless and marginalized in the US is not a viable option. I’ve literally done that before.
I have disabilities, too. Being trans, older, disabled, and poor is shit. It sucks being seen as the “undesirables” globally.
I don’t have issues with California when compared directly to other states. I don’t consider any to be “better”. Maybe Hawaii, since it’s off the continent.
Maybe you misinterpreted my comment? Out of every state in the US, I’d prefer to get to Hawaii or California. I can’t afford either. BUT, given the option, I’d rather leave this whole country.
I wish I could afford to flee to California. It’s night and day from this shithole state I’m stuck in.
I’d still prefer to be out of the US entirely.
I wish I could flee this shitheel country. Issue is that there’s currently nowhere progressive that accepts the US as a valid country to flee from.
Melania is complicit and evil. She hitched her wagon gleefully and willingly.
My area isn’t doing shit, but that doesn’t mean I’m not.