• gruvn@lemm.ee
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    5 months ago

    I just like how Americans always seem to think they have the freedom to move to any country they want.

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      “If X gets elected I’m moving to Canada”

      Both sides say the same thing, Republicans say it not realizing that Canada is in general much more progressive than the Democrats…

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        Man, I’d LOVE to move to Canada. It’s a massive step to the left for me.

        They wouldn’t take me though. I’m not good enough for most countries, apparently.

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          In the West there are generally two big queues for immigration:

          • People who desperately need help, so refugees.
          • People who bring things we really need, typically skills (though many countries will also to it for mere wealth)

          Americans don’t (yet) qualify for the first queue and as for the second one it really depends on your skillset and wealth (if I remember it correctly Canada does have a VISA for people who bring enough money). Mind you, the skillset required to qualify for queue #2 is often not what one would expect - I vaguelly remembers something like “plumbers” and “pastry chefs”. It’s well worth it to check what are in-demand skills of the country you want to immigrate to if you need a VISA.

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            Stable remote work with an income floor is about all Portugal is currently asking. It’s seemingly the most open path into the EU.

            Seriously considered it. But, when things get worse globally I wanted to be closer to my family.

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          I mean, why should a rich country accept people from other rich country if they don’t bring any necessary qualifications to the table? You’re not a refugee, the fact that the situation is shit in the USA is on the people that live there, it’s not our responsibility to save you guys.

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              Why then don’t we just let in anyone and everyone that wants to move from the USA to Canada?

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                  You’re the one saying that all extra hands are beneficial to the economy, yet we intentionally refuse people who apply for immigration, why? By your logic we should be welcoming everyone to boost our economy, right?

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            From each according to their ability. To each according to their need.

            You forgot the basics.

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          I’m pretty sure they would, unless you’re over 30.

          Canada has one of the most open immigration policies in the world.

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            We don’t even have citizenship through marriage

            We have a very open refugee policy, but not immigration

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              So many people don’t seem to realize this, even people living here. The amount of people I work with who are shocked that my wife wasn’t granted immediate citizenship and is still going through the process 7 years and two children later is quite high. I like to bring it up when they talk about how easy immigration is in Canada and how we’re being overrun by immigrants.

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      And unfortunately it feeds into the right wingers arguments here…

      SEE! They get it! Not even those socialist asshole countries allow just anyone to move in so why can’t we freely murder Mexicans that jump the border!?”

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      Remember learning about travel visas.

      I got a valid U.S. Passport. What do you mean I can’t just give services money and go wherever I please?

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    Oh, you try moving from your ravaged country to our haven of stability? No, you don’t. Or only if you let yourself be exploited as an underpaid protoslave.

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      Your comment made me think: Its funny that politicians who promise more strict borders and curtail immigration from Asia also support bombing the heck out of the Middle East.

      Like, you gotta stop at some point and think… “maybe we should stop being assholes and not plunder natural resources and call people extremist for opposing us”

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          Hey now, Capitalism would rather beat those people into submission and turn them into slaves. Bombs cut into profit, ya know :u

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            Well building bombs on the other hand is very lucrative. As long as you keep a few zones of earth as playgrounds for these bombs

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            Like how people say to nuke Palestine. It’ll never happen, the entire point of the genocide is to free up water side property for the elites

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      only if you let yourself be exploited as an underpaid protoslave

      We’re from the U.S. Anything less than that would feel too foreign.

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    Leave America and move to other country

    Create socialist utopia

    Get invaded and bombed to rubble because socialism is not allowed.

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        The notion that we can simply go test new ideas in a new country seems to be largely promoted by neoliberals, because it implies that liberalism is popular.

        I sincerely wish we could have more tests like the Free State Project - now they just want to impose it on everyone.

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    Saying “leave if you don’t like your country’s imperialism” is no different from saying “anyone who are not as racist as me should go kill themselves”.

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    No you don’t get it, yanks are from the shining light of the world! The US is a perfect place that every other country looks up to, and even their problems are kind of cool!!!

    God I’m so sick of hearing about it 😂

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      A huge chunk of cartel funding comes from American demand for drugs. They could be a much more stable country if there weren’t billions of dollars coming in to mega Corp level gangs that can corrupt and control large parts of the country.

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        And that’s America’s fault? If so, what would we do to fix it? More drug legalization?

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          more drug legalization?

          Yes! The war on drugs and prohibition has barely done any good and has been used to justify a police state to lock up black and brown people, made drugs less safe due to lack of regulation and traffickers making increasingly concentrated drugs to hide easier (fentanyl), destabilizes our neighbors and funnels money to criminal organizations that murder people daily to ensure their market. All of this so maybe a few less people will do drugs, even though drug use has gone up since the war on drugs started and the fact that a drug being illegal usually isn’t , and shouldn’t be, the main reason people don’t do drugs.

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          if its similar to marijuana, prices of drugs drop heavily when legalized. as long as something stays forbidden, the cost is extremely high, especially drugs that are popular with wealthy people.