The percentage of younger women in the U.S. who express a desire to migrate permanently has surged in the past decade.

But why?! The USA is a paradise for women! Isn’t that what Margaret Atwood taught us!?

    • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      402·
      3 days ago

      Personally, I consider it a civic duty to help fix the country instead of abandoning it. If all the good people leave, things are gonna get way worse, and it’s gonna start leaking all over the planet.

      • BCsven@lemmy.caEnglish
        9·
        3 days ago

        Unless you can alter laws about corporations, lobbying, and billionaires, the USA is going to be changed by good people staying there. The power of the people is now a facade, you’ll get arrested for domestic terrorism charges or something

      • 🍉 Albert 🍉@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        3 days ago

        I will agree with that statement 100%

        however, there’s a caveat where if someone’s personal safety and life are at risk by the state, there’s absolutely no shame in fleeing.

        also the “stay and fix your country” is usually a racist dogwhistle. I am assuming you don’t mean it like that. just bringing it up

        • Maeve@kbin.earth
          2·
          3 days ago

          I’ve been doing that since Clinton and all I see is people clamoring for “centrist” candidates who are now so far right, “center” is right of Nixon.

        • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          2·
          3 days ago

          Is “stay and fix your country” a racist dog whistle? I wouldn’t imagine racists would really consider leaving in the first place.

      • Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        3·
        3 days ago

        It’s already affecting the planet in extreme ways. I’m with you, we have to stay as long as there’s a chance we can help.

      • HubertManne@piefed.socialEnglish
        1·
        3 days ago

        I agree and in the case of the us I think the onus is a bit higher considering our history. Folks were here before us and folks are here because of us and the least we can do is not be a shit show.

    • HubertManne@piefed.socialEnglish
      8·
      3 days ago

      Im not a woman and im not young but I would love to be somewhere else. Honestly I sorta worry whats happening here is being mirrored elsewhere so in a few years it may not matter.

      • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        2 days ago

        It’ll get exported faster if we don’t stay and face it. We already have the biggest military in the world, by an order of magnitude; we’re not post-WWI Germany. If fascism takes hold here, the whole world is cooked.

        • HubertManne@piefed.socialEnglish
          1·
          2 days ago

          yeah. I have peppered through my comment history how I would like to leave but its a quandry since sensible folk abandoning the country would lead to less sensible folks.