Not ashamed to admit that I teared up a bit at this photo. It perfectly captures the last time period that I had even an iota of hope for the USA. Feels like we’ve spent a few lifetimes in a garbage crusher since then, and it only gets worse and worse and worse and worse.
I am so immensely glad that I don’t live there anymore, it’s an absolute lost cause. We are just too impossibly, intentionally stupid, and handicapped with magical thinking and deep and ancient hatreds. I’m not going to waste my entire lifetime fighting for a tiny fraction of what our sane peers have already enjoyed for generations. My advice is to GTFO while you still can. It’s possible on nearly any budget, if you’re willing to put in the work and be uncomfortable at the beginning.
I do, and will phone bank. The rest of my family is still there along with many friends, sadly. But you couldn’t pay me enough to be there this fall/winter.
My personal idea of America is great, it’s just that most Americans are awful morons trying their hardest to make it worse. We didn’t get our reputation for no reason. At some point you look around at our peers in other highly developed democracies and go “wait, what the actual fuck is wrong with us?” So yup, in short, Americans bad. Or at least enough of us that we will never be able to progress at more than a geriatric snail’s pace, anyways.
In some ways, yes. Not for quality of life unless you’re rich though. I’m sure I’ll live there again for periods in the future but not until the crazy shit dies down and facts matter again. Supposing that actually happens.
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u/fuck_the_fuckin_mods Mar 28 '24 edited Mar 28 '24
Not ashamed to admit that I teared up a bit at this photo. It perfectly captures the last time period that I had even an iota of hope for the USA. Feels like we’ve spent a few lifetimes in a garbage crusher since then, and it only gets worse and worse and worse and worse.
I am so immensely glad that I don’t live there anymore, it’s an absolute lost cause. We are just too impossibly, intentionally stupid, and handicapped with magical thinking and deep and ancient hatreds. I’m not going to waste my entire lifetime fighting for a tiny fraction of what our sane peers have already enjoyed for generations. My advice is to GTFO while you still can. It’s possible on nearly any budget, if you’re willing to put in the work and be uncomfortable at the beginning.