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Good luck with that. I've considered it myself. When do you suppose COVID will be under control enough Americans will be allowed to travel to other countries?

The way I've squared the circle is, a vote for a third party or a write in for 'none of the above' reduces the percentage of the total vote received by both the Republican and the Succ dem. I have quite a few races on my November ballot, its not just the presidential one for me unfortunately. It's not even a rounding error on the prez vote and, even the local city council cop-bootlicker won't know the difference, but in terms of 'what I can do', that seems like literally the most effective thing I can do, at the ballot box at least.

Dems always fight the tide of change - Obama spent tax money actively fighting off challenges to DOMA in court until literally Obergefell, if memory serves - but if enough people hit the streets and yell their heads of and change minds until 90% of America believes something to be an obvious moral truism, about ten years later Dems will cautiously endorse it. That's my bleak little ray of sunshine.

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Thanks.. i have some money/resources and a highly valued technical skillset and my gf is a doctor. If we cant get the fuck out who can?

I disagree w/your take on your presidential vote but obviously you do you.

Dems are the fucking worst, except for the Nazis which are in reality truly the worst. The dems have sucked my entire life. Down with all the old people..the gerontocracy is killing us.

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I'm in almost the same situation. I never understand the people who talk about moving to Canada who aren't. Like, they have more than enough bartenders and office assistants in Canada. As it is, as a pure scientist, I worry about what the crash is gonna do for funding in the short term.

There's the criticism that saying 'I'm gonna emigrate' is bougie lib talk for people who assume the privilege to leave, not everyone is so lucky. Which I get even though, again I don't think 90% of the white twitter libs would get accepted for a European or Canadian greencard on their own merits.

Now, though? I've yelled in enough cops faces in the last two months that if trump and them win, emigration is going to become a safety issue. Back in 2004 an airline gate agent let slip I'd been put on a list, and that was just for protesting Iraq under a less-Nazi president. More than happy to be a Szilard or Fermi, only way dumber, for some other country if this one goes full fash.

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