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Jesus fucking Christ.
Ya, that's rough. That feels like a very immature take. The two parties are not the same, voting does matter, and I'd even argue that there are people so awful that assassination does make sense but I'm happy Trump survived because I think the Republican party would have been stronger without him.
I left the US, I'm between a millennial and gen z, and I left explicitly because I was worried about the future of the US and because moving abroad is akin to time traveling 20 years into the future. I have healthcare now, I live in a walkable city with great public transit, the crime rates are lower (although most places in the US aren't super violent, the probability of getting murdered goes way down when you leave), I have 6 weeks vacation, essentially unlimited sick time, and I'm not allowed to work overtime.
Both parties are not the same but if Democrats won in a landslide in every single election both state and federal in every chamber and every seat, how many years would it take to achieve all of those same things. I have no doubt these policies would happen with the right people in office, with radical change to the party they could even happen quickly and I believe it's what half the people want. But the two other outcomes are 50/50 with the parties and little gets done in a timely manner and worse the corrupt judges continue to error the system, or the Republicans win one big election just one more time and project 2025 starts getting a percent complete tracker and we slide back into the dark ages.
So I left. I believe if things go bad in the US historians will look at Trump's first victory as a period of brain drain from the country. But that's my two cents to go with this article.
Did you renounce your citizenship, or are you paying taxes and able to vote by mail?
I am paying taxes and am able to vote, but because I make less than the required amount my taxes are essentially zero to the US because we have joint tax agreements between the two countries.
I don't know if I'll renounce after earning German citizenship or not but the exit tax is something I have to consider.
Just curious, but please continue to vote and help prevent the dictatorship aspiring moron for the rest of us who can’t escape.
Yes, of course. I wish you and everyone stuck there luck.
Anyone who thinks only American politics are a joke is naive af, and needs to read more non-American news or history
As someone who personally knows someone like this, these people are the least knowledgeable about the outside world. They barely consume U.S. news, let alone international news. They don't know the politics of the green grass they're dreaming of, they don't want to learn another language, they don't even really want foreign jobs. They want a remote job in the U.S. so they can abuse the weaker economies abroad.
It's just such an incredible amount of ignorance and cowardice to me. As if the U.S. falling completely to fascism wouldn't impact them at all if they can simply walk away.
The belief in that guy may indeed be partially to blame :D
American bourgeois democracy is not only a sham; it is rotten to its core. All that is missing is a force strong enough to kick it and watch it come collapsing down.