RichardBonham

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

I wouldn't bet on Canada fwholesale embracing US nationals fleeing a fascist government as refugees. They've taken on plenty of war refugees, but IIRC they cherry pick the ones with needed skills.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Canada requires you to have a plan that makes you an asset to Canada (fair enough). Certain occupations in certain provinces are in need. Having a plan to start or invest in a business and hard proof that you have the capital to do so ($2M USD) is also a possibility. Having family in Canada and already having a written job offer or business plan helps. There is also the matter of the medical clearance and demonstration of proficiency in both English and French.

FWIW, Canada does not have a retiree visa, but many countries do.

France, Costa Rica, New Zealand look mighty good. Uruguay if you are looking for no entry visa requirement, no retirement visa income requirements, duty-free on your car and the ability to buy real estate as a non-citizen. Apartment with ocean views in Punta?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago

Fried rice with chopped kimchi and Spam with a fried egg. Serving suggestion: eaten over the sink after a long night of it. Pants optional.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (4 children)

If she is, it would probably be to change laws in the State of Georgia to allow a president to pardon someone of Georgia state charges.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

But he's hurting the right people!

[–] [email protected] 25 points 11 months ago

Headline: "Trump rawdogs own arraignment!"

[–] [email protected] 18 points 11 months ago

Interesting that there was a significant increase during and following the pandemic due to irreconcilable differences over masking and vaccines. Probably wasn't helped to be locked down together at that point, either.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago

It's actually parity of response. No orca was killed, no humans have been killed.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I remember when my daughter (elementary school age at the time) let all the kids into her dress-up clothes. There were some parents who were less than pleased to see their sons wearing tutus, tiaras, gowns, fairy wings and the like. Honestly, they all looked adorable!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Kind of like life begins at conception, but once the child is actually born you're on your own.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

For these folks, remember that every accusation is actually a confession.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 11 months ago (6 children)

I am going to operate under the following assumptions:
-the current global trend towards authoritarian governments will continue and become more prevalent
-balkanization will be the new norm: an atlas will show more numerous and smaller countries
-climate change (extreme heat, extreme humidity and sea level rise) will make large regions functionally unfit for human habitation by reasons of lethal heat and/or humidity, loss of coastal access, lack of potable water and/or loss of sustainable agriculture.
-we'll be well into the technological curve for AI and robotics. We'll have gone past the early stage where people over-estimate technological capabilities and far into the later stages where people will under-estimate technological capabilities
-if cash is still legal, it will be useless for all legitimate transactions because no institution wants it. If it still exists, it will only be useful for peer-to-peer illegitimate transactions: crime, drugs and sex.
-whatever is bad now will be worse

So: social taboos that exist today that will not be taboo in 100 years?
-slavery: we already see slavery in all but name in the form of privatized prisons and wage-slavery (work a soul-killing minimum wage job, or die/be homeless). What if the cost of being able to emigrate from a country or region that is uninhabitable is slavery, whether real or de facto? It's the cheapest form of labor.
-murder: being deemed outlaw will make a comeback. An outlaw is outside the protection of the law, so killing an outlaw is not a crime.
-extortion: governments and government proxies (militias, death squads, religious sects) will exercise sanctioned extortion
-hoarding: if you are living in an unstable balkan state or are an unpopular minority in one, hoarding will not be pathologic
-civilian ownership of firearms
-racism and nationalism; best way to keep out undesirable climate refugees is to de-humanize them
-corporations being into every piece of the pie: a logical extension of the trend to privatization or "wanting government to be run like a business" is the replacement of nation-states by corporations or zaibatsu-like alliances of multiple corporations

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