In the wake of President Trump’s reëlection, the number of aggrieved Americans seeking a new life abroad appears to be rising. The Netherlands offers one way out.
  • infinitesunrise@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    21 days ago

    I’d leave, but there’s too many people here I care about who I’d be leaving behind. Hundreds of millions of them.

    • fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works
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      21 days ago

      I occilate between “like Benjimam Franklin getting support overseas”, Peter Kotlin asking “What if ever person that wanted change fought for it instead of running to find isolation to avoid conflict”, and “sometimes survival is enough”.

  • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    21 days ago

    An initial consultation to find out if this even could work for you is a hundred fucking euros or just short of $120 US dollars.

    Someone working for US Federal minimum wage would have to work 17 hours just to afford it (and that’s before taxes are taken out of the paycheck!). That’s two full time days of 8 hours plus one more hour on a third day. If you take taxes into account, it’s potentially more than 20 hours to afford a consultation.

    Just for the fucking consultation in which they might tell you that you’re too poor to go!

    Great to know these options exist for the affluent I guess,. Fuck me, what a joke.

    • favoredponcho@lemmy.zip
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      21 days ago

      You can read about all the options online for free. But, also, if 100€ is a big setback for you, it’s probably safe to say you’re too poor to go. Moving abroad involves some big upfront costs.