• fireweed@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    The article: “a bunch of us are worried about the potential rise of fascism in the United States, so we’re moving to Italy

    Tell me that you are oblivious to international politics without literally telling me that you are oblivious to international politics.

    More to the point, if Americans were the type to “flee in droves,” left-wingers would have left states like Texas and Florida en-masse for bluer pastures. Moving within the United States is a million times easier than moving overseas, and if they’re not doing the former in the face of fascism/degradation of human rights in red states, why on earth would they engage in the much more difficult latter? Definitely sounds like a case of taking anecdote and non-committal musings online too seriously.

    • Fapper_McFapper@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      I dunno, something feels different this time. One of my co workers just asked for advice on what country to move to if Trump is re elected.

      The reason I think it’s different this time is because this is the same co worker that used to make fun of me for thinking that Trump’s second term will usher in America’s first dictatorship. It ain’t funny now.

    • Baron Von J@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      Depends on how they’re moving to Italy. They have generous repatriation laws if you are descended from an Italian who emigrated. So by following that repatriation process to reclaim Italian citizenship opens up the whole EU.

  • Chainweasel@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    If I had the means to leave I’d already be gone.
    It seriously makes me wonder though, if Trump starts executing minorities and Democratic party members en masse, what are the odds that any country would give asylum to Americans?
    Probably pretty slim