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Lucky for her, she can afford to leave. Most people do not have that financial luxury.
I left with $10k and 3 suitcases.
Nice, so I'm just 2 suitcases and $10k away from renouncing my citizenship!
No. You're 1-2 years of visa applications and paperwork and job searching away from deciding to sell all your possessions and make the move.
You wont be able to renounce until you've gained citizenship in your destination country, which takes about 5 years usually.
You should do an AMA. Not even kidding.
Seconded
That's about $30-40k more than most people have.... Before student loans
Edit: I ain't hating, good for you for making it out! It's an incredibly difficult thing to do, to uproot your entire life and move to a whole new country, and especially if it's not an English speaking one.
I mean, what they going to do if you take out a 10K loan and leave it all behind? Does US debt follow you to other countries?
Yes and many countries have extradition policies with the us. In order to renounce your citizenship, it costs like $2000 now. So it is double taxes otherwise in lots of places.
Most countries you'd want to go to have a tax agreement with the US to negate the effects of double taxation.
Which is more than many can afford.
I sold everything I owned online marketplace, down to mugs and dishes.
...so what was in the 3 suitcases?
Do tell. How did you do it and how are you doing?
10 years. It was a lot of paperwork. Got a job in new country, built a new life.
There are a lot of valid excuses why one cannot emmigrate, but "I'm not filthy rich" is not one of them. Some people use that theory to assuage the cognitive dissonance. In other words: emigrating is a fuck load of work, and it's easier for many to simply lie to themselves that they need to be filthy rich.
i knew someone in college 10 years ago, was starting the process after finishing degree, will try to get into grad school in canada or elsewhere, he had advantage though his wife had some residency in canada.
Must be nice to be rich and able to leave the mess whenever it gets uncomfortable
Is a born American with huge amounts of money and a platform. Instead of fighting for her country/values, she chooses to flee. I know it's the safe choice, but man, so many Americans are cowards when it comes down to it.
And do what? Yell at people on twitter? Make a “powerful” statement during an acceptance speech? This country is so fucked and anyone that thinks we’re coming back is delusional. We would need to imprison the vast majority of republicans in office. Even with that, it’s corporate money that runs this country and they would just get replaced and voted in by our idiot population. We are not where we are because of one administration, this is decades in the making. If I had the money and 7 children or however many she has that weren’t white, you can bet I’d be taking them somewhere they could grow up without the fear of being picked up by the Gestapo for being brown.
only fools would stay and be slaughtered bya fascist regime. intellectuals and rich people(that are not supporters) are often the first targets
Instead of fighting for her country/values How. a Lemmy account?
Must but nice to be able to afford doing that.
I'm not gonna blame her for something I'd do in a heartbeat if I could.
Can’t blame her a bit. I’d bail if I could.
Same, ive been looking at ways and trying but im an "unskilled" worker and have very little money.
if you dont have a degree, might want to work towards and look for a grad school in other countries. during obamas era i knew someone in college looking at grad school in canada after he would finish a degree, although i remember he mentioned his wife had canadian ties/citizenship.
Must be nice.
Wish I could just LEAVE because things are awful. Unfortunately we have to stay and suffer and those who have the ability to influence flee...
When you have money, it's easy to do say and do stuff.
still better than not doing it, though
ITT: people vastly overestimating the influence of an actress's "platform".
Your country looks a lot like your Dad
She probably doesn't recognize 1/3 of her kids and half her ex-husbands.
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