Anybody Else Seriously Considering Leaving the States if Trump Remains in Power?

[Huskman]

With the utter chaos and fascism that has been sprouting lately, I realized that the country legit can't handle another four years of this guy especially when RBG goes or if Dems somehow lose the house during that time. Come November, if Trump wins, I think I'm going to have to leave. I'm a minority and I've faced police discrimination before. In January I got called Saddam Hussein by a retired cop and some years back I got pulled over while walking at night because I took a picture of a government building (there was a deer close and I was like yo a deer). I don't feel another four years of this guy would be safe for me.

Also... this is my first thread!!! I wish it wasn't so morose. I wanted my first thread to be about how Ninja Theory's DMC is a great game and its story is better than DMC 5 or something else.

Edit: Added If I Could, I Would to the poll based off suggestions

 

[Deleted member 4367]

Immigration is impractical unless you already have another citizenship.

 

[ClickyCal']

Impossible for me to, so no.

 

[scottbeowulf]

Stay safe. I can't speak for you, and I certainly don't have to deal with what you do. But fuck leaving, this is my home. I'm not leaving my country because some orange shit-stain fucks it up for a while. I don't think he's gonna win in November, but even if he does, I'm not leaving. Fuck him.

 

[TGR Sean]

My wife would like to. We might be able to. I'd prefer not to.

 

[Subutai]

Impossible for me to, so no.

Click to shrink...

This, so no.

 

[NinjaScooter]

Its a nice thought but yeah not the most practical thing for most people.

 

[Servbot24]

No. Me and my gf have jobs and a house here. If our careers led us overseas I would certainly be happy about it though.

 

[Phantom_Snake]

Besides not have the funds to be able to move, I dont want to leave behind friends and family.

 

[maxxpower]

I wish, it's pretty much impossible though.

 

[Kuro]

I have dual citizenship and would absolutely consider Brazil despite how fucked the government is there too.

 

[MGPanda]

If you can, do it. Europe might also be in shambles, just... definetely not as much.

 

[SpaceCrystal]

If someone from another country were to offer me a full citizenship, I'd gladly take it (providing of course, that the country is safe to live in).

 

[Jakenbakin]

100%. I have a lifetime residency in the UK due to my stepdad being British and me growing up there. My mom, stepdad, my younger brother, my son and I are fucking gone if Trump remains in power next year.

 

[Piggus]

I have an opportunity to do so and live in Indonesia, but uh... sorry Indonesia. Y'all have your own serious issues, especially with free speech. My wife was baffled when she moved here and realized that people can just freely insult the president and government on live TV and online. Sometimes it helps to put things in perspective. I'd rather spend 4 more years in this nightmare than a lifetime of not even being able to speak.

 

[Lulu]

Marrying a Swede, I'm outchere

 

[The Albatross]

If I can bastardize Jodi Picoult for a moment --

You don't love something because it's perfect, you love something inspite of the fact that it's not perfect.

I love my home in spite of it's imperfections, and because I love it, I want to make it better. I won't be leaving, it's not feasible, we have our roots here, my family and friends are here, and I wish to make it better. That said I don't fault anybody who choses to go, and if I were younger, didn't have aging parents, wasn't raising a child, etc., I'd be much more likely to move.

 

[Charcoal]

I mean, sure, but it's not a simple process in the first place and is surely made harder if you only speak English.

 

[Deleted member 13496]

Come to Canada.

We have a ton of work to do ourselves when it comes to racism etc. But I feel the path is more clear and attainable.

 

[Jogi]

seems it'll be impossibly hard to do so, and I would rather try to fix this fuck up of a country than leave it. I love what America can and should be, I want to fight for that, knowing that, being white, this option isn't as directly hard for me to stay.

 

[Kinggroin]

I thought about it, cause things can feel so out of control, but nope. I'm sticking around for the long haul.

 

[BringBackSonics]

While I have the ability and privlage to leave this country. I refuse to abandon the marginalized and those with disadvantages that do not have that luxury. I also feel the country still has potential to be great and this is where I want to raise my children.

 

[P-Bo]

Pretty sure the last time this was asked, most countries said they don't want us either.

 

[Fushichou187]

That's quite the position of privilege to be able to opt-out of the United States and immigrate to another country if things aren't going the way you want. It's not a practical choice for most people.

 

[Grym]

I would but Canada is really cold

 

[IggyChooChoo]

Come to Canada.

We have a ton of work to do ourselves when it comes to racism etc. But I feel the path is more clear and attainable.

Click to shrink...

If America drifts into fascism, Canada won't be safe. Nowhere will be. No country is immune. So we might as well fight it at home instead of running.

 

[Tophat Jones]

Not sure how realistic it is, but I was texting my Dad yesterday that if November goes badly then we need to start trying to get the family to get to Canada.

I'd be down for a change of scenery and have run out of 'patriotism' completely. So if it became viable i'd definitely look into it.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

I don't have the means.

 

[PlanetSmasher]

I don't know where I'd go but I would love to not be here anymore if Trump wins again in the fall.

 

[J_ToSaveTheDay]

I often already feel like a bit of a stranger here in the US. I don't want to confront the immigrant experience elsewhere and compound that feeling.

 

[Pilgrimzero]

Most people can't just up and change countries. I'd love to move to Canada or something but I nor my wife have the skills or money to buy ourselves in

 

[Lobster Roll]

Even if my "fight" is just casting my vote and engaging in progressive conversations with other people, I'm staying in the United States unless my work takes me elsewhere. My impetus for emigration will not be that orange moron or his lackeys.

 

[ItIsOkBro]

who wants to have people that couldn't even defeat donald trump

 

[Deleted member 39374]

Remember all the people that huffed and puffed online in 2016 about how something something Im moving to europe or canada

lmao

 

[HamSandwich]

Don't really have anywhere to go.

 

[entremet]

Nope. Maybe in retirement but not due to the political situation. More to stretch my dollars.

 

[Mortemis]

I've had the thought, but not really because of Trump. More like I'm tryna live in a different place in general, get that experience. Idk if I have the means or even the ambition to do it though.

I'll probably be in this bitch till I die.

 

[acheron_xl]

Would if I could, but I can't.

 

[TaySan]

If things get truly too much i have the option to leave to Israel on the table, but i would need to find my grandmothers grave in NYC.

 

[rjinaz]

Add a poll question of " I would if I could" and I bet it would dominate. Immigrating is hard and requires money.

 

[Sordid Plebeian]

Canada's looking pretty nice right about now, but no.

 

[DrFunk]

It's....not that easy

 

[Kunka Kid]

I guess. But where would I go? I think it's a lot harder to permanently leave than it may seem.

 

[ReginaldXIV]

Even if I could easily leave the US and live a decent life in another country, I wouldn't. I'd never ghost my community and fellow Americans to leave them (the ones who would have no choice) to rot with the rest of the country. I'd rather try and help where I can.

Beside, you can't escape racism and fascism no matter where you relocate, might as well fight it head on.

 

[ProfessorLobo]

If there's enough will from everyone to turn this country over, I'll take part in that, otherwise, no, I'm out.

 

[PeskyToaster]

Just gonna abandon the people that can't leave? Nah.

 

[timshundo]

Not leaving the country but it has be considering moving back closer to home/family in socal. I'm isolated in norcal.

 

[Dalek]

Honestly yes. I want to. My wife doesn't. I don't want to raise my daughter here anymore. I would much rather move to Canada or Norway.

 

[thebeeks]

It's something I've mulled over for a while now, but it's always easier said than done.

 

[greenbird]

I don't have that privilege OP.