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SpankMe

(3,758 posts)
12. Seems like an attractive option at first
Mon May 18, 2026, 11:00 AM
23 hrs ago

But, leaving the US because of Trump is like moving to Mars because of overcrowding on Earth.

So much has to be done to Mars to make it livable that it's easier to try and fix our problems on Earth.

Most other countries with similar freedoms and qualities of life to the US are hard to get into for the long term. The US has (until Trump, anyway) a generally easier path to citizenship than these other countries.

When people were fleeing genicodes and literal daily threats to their lives, they could come to America. But as Americans, there's really nowhere else for us to go. This is it. This is the top. The end of the line. There is no more. At this point, we have to stay and fight.

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I think millions of others would if they could Johnny2X2X Yesterday #1
Conference guests paid between roughly $500 to $1,000 for tickets to the weekend's events RetiredParatrooper Yesterday #2
I have no use for this n/t Ziggy Beans Yesterday #3
Didn't need a conference. I did my.own research. sinkingfeeling Yesterday #4
I Have a Better Idea Mr.Bee Yesterday #5
We need to stay and fight Easterncedar Yesterday #6
History Cirsium 17 hrs ago #23
Indeed Easterncedar 17 hrs ago #24
We are so close to prevailing, though nuxvomica 13 hrs ago #25
Yep. mn9driver Yesterday #7
My grandparents knew when it was time to go mountain grammy 23 hrs ago #8
my grandparents came here BonnieJW 21 hrs ago #16
My uncle escaped Russia.. he was 6 mountain grammy 21 hrs ago #18
"Spending hundreds" Prairie Gates 23 hrs ago #9
Wonder what the demographics are of those leaving? Wounded Bear 23 hrs ago #10
My daughter is leaving in August AverageOldGuy 23 hrs ago #11
Seems like an attractive option at first SpankMe 23 hrs ago #12
By many accounts, the US is one of the top 5 hardest places to obtain citizenship. Ms. Toad 19 hrs ago #20
The Slow Boiling of Frogs 2na fisherman 22 hrs ago #13
Well said misanthrope 21 hrs ago #17
I did it already sdfernando 22 hrs ago #14
Is the US government still letting citizens escape? Farmer-Rick 21 hrs ago #15
That cartoon says it all..a dark time it is. Passages 21 hrs ago #19
It is unlikely I'll leave anytime soon - Ms. Toad 19 hrs ago #21
Keep you passport current pfitz59 18 hrs ago #22
Good advice Old Crank 8 hrs ago #29
My wife rambler_american 11 hrs ago #26
My mother was born in Canada. Her German parents settled there. BarbD 11 hrs ago #27
Wish I could leave I_UndergroundPanther 11 hrs ago #28
We left pre T I. Old Crank 7 hrs ago #30
For a quick overview of some country options Old Crank 7 hrs ago #31
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