Asking because of Mahmoud Khalil is trending…

I don’t know if the first amendment still exist anymore 😖

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    to go elsewhere means learning a new language is outright required.

    Ah shit, here I go again

    This time, I don’t have the advantage if being a kid and it was 10x easier to learn a new language as a kid. I mean, I’m so good at English, my classmates say they don’t hear any accents. I’m practically a native English speaker.

    If I were to move, the language thing is gonna make me cry…

    flashback to spanish class in middle school / high school 😓

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      Yeah, it’s pretty dire. Those aformentioned countries are the only places in which to go where learning a new language isn’t necessary to get permanent citizenship.

      To get permanent citizenship in any other country generally requires fluency in the native local language in pretty much all cases.

      If I wanted to move to the EU, say the Netherlands for example, I wouldn’t be able to get EU/Dutch citizenship until learning and becoming fluent with the Dutch language, plus x amount of years with residence in the 1 specific EU country. Replace the language/country with whatever EU country and it’s the same situation.

      Even with Canada, since I didn’t take French in middle or high school, that means Quebec is pretty much off the table for me, unless I go through the hassle of learning French as an adult.

      Even if Canada could have a threat of invasion from the south, I do not think it would likely succeed, as there are at least 5 border states that are blue/democrat, and Canada would likely get help from other countries. Perhaps Mexico may start a second front from the south siding with Canada, so that there’s 2 fronts to deal with? Canada does have the city of Edmonton located pretty far from the US border, so it is not required to live adjacent to the US border in Canada. I would say that fleeing to Canada is about the same risk as fleeing to Finland or Estonia, and the latter two are in the EU.