We no longer live in a country where we can justify staying in a location because we don’t have money to move or we have family and friends we don’t want to lose.
My suggestion is, don’t post on social media anything that would offend the right wing.
Or rights like free speech for that matter. If we just move along to the next place everytime this shit happens, eventually there will be nowhere left to run to.
We no longer live in a country where we can justify staying in a location because we don’t have money to move or we have family and friends we don’t want to lose.
Read: We no longer live in a country where we can appeal to material reality to determine whether or not it makes sense to stay here.
I’d be on a flight out this shithole right fucking now if I thought I had a serious chance of surviving in literally any other country, but I simply don’t have the money, connections, social skills, or practical skills to do it. I barely even have them here!
I think you would have a better chance getting on a plane, or swimming across the ocean, in order to establish a life as an illegal alien in another country… than you would have surviving the next ~5 years here…
What it really breaks down to is that people who live in Tennessee do not feel the risk of spending 30 days in jail for posting something disagreeable on the Internet is enough reason to leave Tennessee.
I think you would have a better chance getting on a plane
Stowaways using die after takeoff. Only since literally yesterday have I ever had enough spare money to buy a plane ticket. At this point, I’m probably gonna try and do a semester abroad (or ideally forever), but no guarantees 🤞.
or swimming across the ocean
Absolutely zero chance I would make it to the other side of the Atlantic. A more realistic option is swimming across one of the rivers or sneaking through the Canadian border. Which…
in order to establish a life as an illegal alien in another country…
Yeah almost every other country treats undocumented migrants like shit because every country has xenophobic bigots and every government serves its local capitalists, so not much of an improvement.
What it really breaks down to is that people who live in Tennessee do not feel the risk of spending 30 days in jail for posting something disagreeable on the Internet is enough reason to leave Tennessee.
Yes exactly! Emphasis on risk, i.e. we assume a probability distribution and roll the dice. IMO the alternatives you proposed have less favorable distributions for me than remaining here, but I recognize that (1) everyone has their own situation and (2) humans are trash at assigning probabilities so I could be wrong. But you’re not morally superior (or inferior) for choosing not to roll that specific dice.
Like I’ve been looking to leave this country for over 15 years. I absolutely HATE Amerikkka and everything it stands for, and I have hated Amerikkka since long before Trump. If I could have left, I would have left. So I beg you to understand that just because I remain here doesn’t mean I approve of even the tiniest sliver of what this country does to us and the rest of the world.
Whatever, don’t live in Tennessee.
Super helpful advice for those living in poverty or with community ties that they don’t want to abandon. 👍
We no longer live in a country where we can justify staying in a location because we don’t have money to move or we have family and friends we don’t want to lose.
My suggestion is, don’t post on social media anything that would offend the right wing.
How’s that boot taste?
How about fuck that. Post MORE things on social media explicitly offending right wing shit heads.
Some people prefer to not cede entire states to fascists.
Or rights like free speech for that matter. If we just move along to the next place everytime this shit happens, eventually there will be nowhere left to run to.
Then I suggest they pick up some arms, because absolutely zero things have had an effect preventing that from happening.
Read: We no longer live in a country where we can appeal to material reality to determine whether or not it makes sense to stay here.
I’d be on a flight out this shithole right fucking now if I thought I had a serious chance of surviving in literally any other country, but I simply don’t have the money, connections, social skills, or practical skills to do it. I barely even have them here!
I think you would have a better chance getting on a plane, or swimming across the ocean, in order to establish a life as an illegal alien in another country… than you would have surviving the next ~5 years here…
What it really breaks down to is that people who live in Tennessee do not feel the risk of spending 30 days in jail for posting something disagreeable on the Internet is enough reason to leave Tennessee.
Stowaways using die after takeoff. Only since literally yesterday have I ever had enough spare money to buy a plane ticket. At this point, I’m probably gonna try and do a semester abroad (or ideally forever), but no guarantees 🤞.
Absolutely zero chance I would make it to the other side of the Atlantic. A more realistic option is swimming across one of the rivers or sneaking through the Canadian border. Which…
Yeah almost every other country treats undocumented migrants like shit because every country has xenophobic bigots and every government serves its local capitalists, so not much of an improvement.
Yes exactly! Emphasis on risk, i.e. we assume a probability distribution and roll the dice. IMO the alternatives you proposed have less favorable distributions for me than remaining here, but I recognize that (1) everyone has their own situation and (2) humans are trash at assigning probabilities so I could be wrong. But you’re not morally superior (or inferior) for choosing not to roll that specific dice.
Like I’ve been looking to leave this country for over 15 years. I absolutely HATE Amerikkka and everything it stands for, and I have hated Amerikkka since long before Trump. If I could have left, I would have left. So I beg you to understand that just because I remain here doesn’t mean I approve of even the tiniest sliver of what this country does to us and the rest of the world.
I know you don’t approve, but if you were in a burning building you would leave. I’m saying it’s just not bad enough yet.
Depends on what’s outside. Is it a five-hundred foot drop? Would I rather burn to death or die on the pavement?
Yeah it’s not bad enough yet for me. I’m openly saying it. And that doesn’t make me morally inferior or worthy of your scorn.
Everyone deserves scorn.
its the flyover state you forget, before getting to florida.