US Authoritarianism

I agree but unfortunately I’m american.

I really want to leave the country. I thought I’d stay and fight… for years I thought having a bunch of friends and community around me would save us. But a bunch of personal issues this year showed me who my true friends are and there’s very few… the community I thought I have it turns out I don’t.

The only thing keeping me back is $ and my mother who would be tough to move. I can’t even get her to move to my state, let alone to another country especially one that doesn’t speak English.

What’s wild is I have a “ticket out” so to speak professionally and I’d probably be able to at least get a temporary work visa in a bunch of countries. Oh! And my ticket out isn’t a fancy job - it’s a seasonal one that requires very little professional education in the grand scheme of things. Americans who want to leave the country - look into seasonal work! You don’t have to be rich software developer with a fancy remote job to leave…

I long considered Canada except I think Canada is just a decade or so behind the US in terms of a slide towards fascism. But maybe I’m wrong. I think trumps bullshit with Canada right now is at least partially to get Canadians to hate us so we don’t move there. But Canada would be the place my mom would be most open to moving to, except for the fact that Canada probably wouldn’t want her (she’s on social security and the work she does isn’t applicable to Canada).

There’s a chance if things get bad enough my state will rebel and perhaps even try to secede and join Canada if they’ll take us. I believe we voted the least out of any state for trump and we’re a border state with a history of independence from the US. But will the feds let us leave peacefully? Doubtful.