Fortunately I live in California, and I think that will provide protections not available to everyone elsewhere. But if California proves not to be immune from this disaster, I am seriously thinking about Spain.
Calling a family meeting w/ my spouse & our adult children to discuss how (not if) this fuckery will impact each of us directly. We need to strategize and move as a family unit.
As a deaf/disabled (due to domestic violence), Puerto Rican Latina, the system has already failed me & mine. As is true for so many, I am in a constant state of figuring out what to do. At the moment we are working towards moving to a bluer state, but that feels like a lesser evil
When the system failed my educational and psychological needs, I made a good life working with children and adults in nature, moving in mountains and climbing on rock. Now my health fails me, the system keeps me fed, clothed and sheltered but offers little for me to thrive.
I walk a slow path in search of healing, with the little resources I have and the options I can afford. I am lucky to have supportive friends and family. If the system failed me completey, I would be totally dependent on them. Through dark moments and until the light at my end, I have my breath.
If the system failed my friends and family, it would likely be failing yours and everyone else's in the over-developed word too. We would rapidly transition into a 'needs must' life, facing nature's inevitable impermanence with a massive drop in the level of our distracting comforts.
With the environmental, moral and spiritual vacuum of our global capitalist society, sucking up life for generations, I imagine the nature of the transition would be stark, ugly and deeply upsetting. I also imagine bright rays of humanity will shine through to the end. I shall look to those.
I'm so sad you guys are going through this. We have many American friends.
I'd the shit really does hit the fan I imagine us Brits will welcome many of you. But you'll have to leave your guns, knives and pepper spray at whatever airport you travel from.
The shit that is happening in the US is quickly spreading to the UK as well. We are leading the world in removing rights and healthcare from trans people. Our politicians are now picking up talking points like removing DEI and instating DOGE-like cuts to our government departments.
I absolutely agree. I work in the public sector managing a employment service. The UK is desperate for professionals skilled in Tech /Ai, social care, health, life sciences, Education
Americans speak fluent English which sets them apart from others. But yeah, it's not going to be easy.
Just read your profile, you're retired so I'm not being much help.
The UK has its problems, but, there are loads of jobs open to foreign nationals. Particularly in Tech/Ai. Life science, Social Care and the NHS.
I would say to any American wanting a change that it's worth a shot.
Karen Attiah, is wiser than most on here, to have found the right question to ask people who may not have thought things through properly. She expressed that perfectly, and I wish I had thought of it myself for in person conversations I had over the last week. I will use her idea now, for sure.
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they have been microdosing it for years
find your people. because pure independence doesn’t exist.
we are all interdependent.
help one another
Not “if”.
Unless you are a rich white cis het christian male
I'd the shit really does hit the fan I imagine us Brits will welcome many of you. But you'll have to leave your guns, knives and pepper spray at whatever airport you travel from.
That said you'll love it here. ❤️
https://www.reddit.com/r/AmericanExpatsUK/comments/1gls1xz/megathread_resources_for_americans_unhappy_with/
Americans speak fluent English which sets them apart from others. But yeah, it's not going to be easy.
Sorry.
The UK has its problems, but, there are loads of jobs open to foreign nationals. Particularly in Tech/Ai. Life science, Social Care and the NHS.
I would say to any American wanting a change that it's worth a shot.
I'm aways happy to say sorry when I've done something wrong.
I hope you know that the vast majority of this planets population is rooting for you guys. 👍
Most wont do anything.