• fireweed@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    The article: “a bunch of us are worried about the potential rise of fascism in the United States, so we’re moving to Italy

    Tell me that you are oblivious to international politics without literally telling me that you are oblivious to international politics.

    More to the point, if Americans were the type to “flee in droves,” left-wingers would have left states like Texas and Florida en-masse for bluer pastures. Moving within the United States is a million times easier than moving overseas, and if they’re not doing the former in the face of fascism/degradation of human rights in red states, why on earth would they engage in the much more difficult latter? Definitely sounds like a case of taking anecdote and non-committal musings online too seriously.

    • Fapper_McFapper@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      I dunno, something feels different this time. One of my co workers just asked for advice on what country to move to if Trump is re elected.

      The reason I think it’s different this time is because this is the same co worker that used to make fun of me for thinking that Trump’s second term will usher in America’s first dictatorship. It ain’t funny now.

    • Baron Von J@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      Depends on how they’re moving to Italy. They have generous repatriation laws if you are descended from an Italian who emigrated. So by following that repatriation process to reclaim Italian citizenship opens up the whole EU.

    • nutsack@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      the republicans i know think that people are fleeing blue states to red states because of politics. the reality is that nobody is going anywhere.

      • Dkarma@lemmy.world
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        7 months ago

        Ehh. People are moving to places that are cheaper. Look at Texas. Low taxes and cheap real estate compared to any blue state big city.

        Climate comparable to Cali or CO. So if u sold a Cali house Texas is your best bet to replicate that u had or better for less money.

        Those cheap states are cheaper cuz they’re corrupt shitholes.

        • Stupidmanager@lemmy.world
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          7 months ago

          Uh, no.

          No state income tax, but those morons tax you for home ownership far more than some states. Electricity is more exp, even housing isn’t as cheap as it was 5 years ago. I paid more in property taxes in Texas than I pay here for property and state income on a house worth 3x what I had in Texass.

          And where the hell in Texass are you saying has comparable weather with Colorado? Maybe south Colorado, or close to Kansas. But as a whole, texass weather has no match to anything as nice as Colorado weather.

          Now the, that place is run by a corrupt bunch of fucktards.