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Farmer-Rick

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15. Is the US government still letting citizens escape?

Reply to BlueWavePsych (Original post)

Mon May 18, 2026, 12:18 PM

12 hrs ago

The Soviet Union, Putin's Russia and China, especially in the Tibet region learned early that when you institute a brutal fascist dictatorship, you have to put the breaks on emigration. You may hate your own citizens but that doesn't mean you can let them get away from the psychotic abuse you want to inflict.

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Americans are leaving the U.S. in record numbers and spending hundreds to learn how to do it - CNBC [View all] BlueWavePsych 17 hrs ago OP

I think millions of others would if they could Johnny2X2X 16 hrs ago #1

Conference guests paid between roughly $500 to $1,000 for tickets to the weekend's events RetiredParatrooper 15 hrs ago #2

I have no use for this n/t Ziggy Beans 15 hrs ago #3

Didn't need a conference. I did my.own research. sinkingfeeling 15 hrs ago #4

I Have a Better Idea Mr.Bee 15 hrs ago #5

We need to stay and fight Easterncedar 15 hrs ago #6

History Cirsium 9 hrs ago #23

Indeed Easterncedar 8 hrs ago #24

We are so close to prevailing, though nuxvomica 4 hrs ago #25

Yep. mn9driver 15 hrs ago #7

My grandparents knew when it was time to go mountain grammy 15 hrs ago #8

my grandparents came here BonnieJW 12 hrs ago #16

My uncle escaped Russia.. he was 6 mountain grammy 12 hrs ago #18

"Spending hundreds" Prairie Gates 14 hrs ago #9

Wonder what the demographics are of those leaving? Wounded Bear 14 hrs ago #10

My daughter is leaving in August AverageOldGuy 14 hrs ago #11

Seems like an attractive option at first SpankMe 14 hrs ago #12

By many accounts, the US is one of the top 5 hardest places to obtain citizenship. Ms. Toad 11 hrs ago #20

The Slow Boiling of Frogs 2na fisherman 13 hrs ago #13

Well said misanthrope 12 hrs ago #17

I did it already sdfernando 13 hrs ago #14

Is the US government still letting citizens escape? Farmer-Rick 12 hrs ago #15

That cartoon says it all..a dark time it is. Passages 12 hrs ago #19

It is unlikely I'll leave anytime soon - Ms. Toad 10 hrs ago #21

Keep you passport current pfitz59 9 hrs ago #22

My wife rambler_american 2 hrs ago #26

My mother was born in Canada. Her German parents settled there. BarbD 2 hrs ago #27

Wish I could leave I_UndergroundPanther 2 hrs ago #28