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[–] OneTwoThree@mander.xyz 10 points 5 days ago (3 children)

I'm a current American bio student planning to go into healthcare, can confirm I'm planning to go to grad school abroad to hopefully escape the US. I'm not planning to go to Canada though, I'm planning to go to Australia. I decided not to look into Canada after hearing of it's rising far-right and anti-immigrant sentiment. If Canada wants US brain drain Canadians would have to be willing to accept American immigrants, even with how poorly many Canadians view Americans right now

[–] rabber@lemmy.ca 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Australia has the same problems as Canada

[–] OneTwoThree@mander.xyz 2 points 2 days ago

And it's a problem there too. Both Australia and Canada need to cool it with the anti-immigrant scapegoating unless they want to end up like America. Ultimately the main reason I chose Australia over Canada was due to it's further distance from the US making it less likely to get embridled in geopolitical conflicts with the US, like Canada already is with these tariff wars

[–] Akuchimoya@startrek.website 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

My bro, or sis, if you're not going to Canada because of righties and anti-immigration, I got some bad news for you about Aus...

[–] OneTwoThree@mander.xyz 1 points 2 days ago

Yes, I'm very aware that Australia (and the whole of the world for that matter) also has rising far-right and anti-immigration sentiment. I'm not sure why so many people in this thread think I was born yesterday and have done 0 research on the matter of where I hope to spend the rest of my life. Ultimately anywhere is better than the US though, and I can't allow myself to be so caught up in self-defeatist thoughts like "everywhere has rising far-right politics" or "nowhere is safe" or "immigration is too hard" that I stay paralyzed in the line of danger.

My decision to choose Australia over Canada was ultimately a matter of degree. I felt a country further from the US would be more safe geopolitcally, Australia's higher foreign-born population would lead to a less xenophobic culture, and compulsory voting laws would keep far-right politicians from gaining or maintaining a foothold, thank you for your concern

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Got a bio friend fleeing to NZ rn