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Do you still have faith in the political process of your country? Ross Perot had a good thing going in the '90s, is it time to bring it back? Vote blue no matter who, but this time harder? Join the Republicans? Abandon hope? Something else?

Watching what's happening in your country is concerning, I hope the opposition party has a plan but so far I have not seen one. Hence the question.

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[โ€“] Shortstack@reddthat.com 14 points 3 weeks ago

I have family very seriously investigating citizenship to another country via ancestry.

Not like the past election cycles where the losing side bellyaches about moving to Canada or whatever, they're actually gathering birth certificates and planning a visit to the embassy

Naturally I should qualify for it too but that feels like a very nuclear action

[โ€“] psyklax@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I'm legally prohibited from speaking my mind honestly on this subject.

(The only thing unavailable is red ink)

[โ€“] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 4 points 3 weeks ago

I think the general consensus is that the Democrats need to simply wait this one out. Trump will, inevitably, implode and ruin the country at which time the Democrats can ride back in more easily.

That and at every opportunity call people racist for not agreeing with the Democrats.

[โ€“] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 weeks ago

I have no party affiliation but since I lean more left I'll give my 2 cents.

Right now Trump is in the "rip everything down" part of his plan. I'm not necessarily mad at that because the current government has been shit. Total failure in almost every category.

Later he's going to want to put in a new government full of fascist yes-men and policies that will somehow manage to be worse than what we started with.

During the time between these two steps, I'll have to decide if I'm staying here or getting the fuck out.

Trump wanting to do dumb shit and actually succeeding in doing that dumb shit are two different things. If he's not able to implement his plans for whatever reason(s) there just may be hope yet for this country. In which case I'll stick around.

[โ€“] Chronographs@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I think the right move at this point is to leave the country, maybe if it gets bad enough we can claim asylum in a country that knows what that means

[โ€“] Alice 2 points 3 weeks ago

I've lived in Tennessee all my life. It's completely stifling. Spent my whole life feeling like I'd been shoved in a tiny box with no air holes. But it's gorgeous out here, and I love the mountains, and if I leave, that means one other queer person feels a little more stifled. Why do homophobes get to keep the mountains, anyway? So I stayed.

Even I'm thinking about kissing this country goodbye. Goddamn.