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Last year the U.S. experienced something that hasn’t definitively occurred since the Great Depression: More people moved out than moved in. The Trump administration has hailed the exodus—negative net migration—as the fulfillment of its promise to ramp up deportations and restrict new visas. Beneath the stormy optics of that immigration crackdown, however, lies a less-noticed reversal: America’s own citizens are leaving in record numbers, replanting themselves and their families in lands they find more affordable and safe.

  • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
    231·
    9 days ago

    I would go if anyone wanted me, but I’m not rich enough or smart enough, so I’ll have to take my chances with the MAGAs. Looks like being a Revolutionary is in my future.

    • 0x0@lemmy.zip
      51·
      9 days ago

      not rich enough or smart enough

      That’s most humans, just strive to learn the local language and culture and you’ll be fine.

      • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
        5·
        9 days ago

        You make it sound easy, but most countries are going to refuse American political refugees unless they have something substantial to contribute. Why should they allow all these refugees to overwhelm their health care system, housing, etc.?

        We’re kicking people out of America for those same reasons, why would we think it will be any different for us in other countries?

        • 0x0@lemmy.zip
          1·
          8 days ago

          American political refugees

          I’m not sure they qualify yet?.. Maybe, but calling them refugees… weird timeline.
          Anyway a few countries have digital nomad visas, so there’s that.

          • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
            2·
            8 days ago

            What else would you call people who are escaping an abusive government to avoid impending danger?

            Americans have this deep-seated pride that leads them to believe that “it could never happen here,” but I have news for us all, it’s already happening, it getting worse every day, and it’s going to get far worse than our worst imaginations, if we don’t do something serious to stop it.

            I have a degree in history, I know EXACTLY where we are headed, and just being American is not going to protect or save us.

            • 0x0@lemmy.zip
              3·
              8 days ago

              I don’t have a degree in history, I know EXACTLY where you are headed.

              • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
                2·
                8 days ago

                I get it, it seems pretty obvious, but MAGA has spent years convincing many people that only good can happen, and a lot of them still buy it.