• Brownian Motion
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    18 months ago

    Sucks to be american. Sucks to live in america.

    Why would anyone?

    • @RidcullyTheBrown
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      338 months ago

      This is a dumb question. Almost 50 million people live in Sudan where there’s an ongoing famine. 70 million people live in UK where mass surveillance is roughly state supported. Asking why 300 million people don’t just move is … stupid

      • @cosmicrookie
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        -158 months ago

        The difference is that people from the US and UK are generally welcommed in other countries. People from Sudan have a much harder time being let into other countries

        • @RidcullyTheBrown
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          188 months ago

          As tourists, sure. But getting a work visa/residence permit is not as easy as you think.

          And second of all, what do you expect? An entire country to up an leave? That’s stupid beyond measure. Won’t that entire country elect the same government wherever else they end up in?

          • @cosmicrookie
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            -78 months ago

            LOL

            1- Its correct that its not easy to get a residence permit, but it is a lot easier if you are entering from the US/UK than if you are coming from Sudan.

            2- I don’t expect people leaving the US, to want to live like they did in the US. So assuming that they would want to create a similar life outside the US is kind of childish, and not even possible in most countries.

            That said, it’s a figure of speech. You’re taking it too far and too literal

    • @[email protected]
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      38 months ago

      None of the cool countries are going to let massive amounts of Americans immigrate to them and nobody wants to go somewhere worse.

    • @[email protected]
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      8 months ago

      I live in the UK. A judge can compel you under Section 49 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 to hand over any passwords for any devices or services they reasonably believe you have possession of the passwords for.

      If you don’t then you can be imprisoned for up to 2 years for normal crime or 5 years for crimes relating to national security or the production, possession or dissemination of CSAM

    • @[email protected]
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      28 months ago

      I’m very glad I had the opportunity to leave. Being bilingual makes it a lot more feasible.