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147 points Kye | 5 comments | | HN request time: 0.213s | source
1. baby ◴[] No.45341176[source]
I got flagged yesterday for this post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45327333 (Ask HN: Is America Going to Become an Autocracy?). I got advised to stop reading twitter, so I added it to my /etc/hosts file, but it seems like the current administration is doing everything to scare me away. I'm legitimately wondering if I should move away from the US now.
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3. instagib ◴[] No.45342141[source]
Try traveling somewhere that has fair safety but low median wages. There are many in USA or many outside it.

Certain countries people will not talk bad about their leaders for fear for their lives. Others are happy to talk to you and are paid $1 per hour or $1 per day.

Maybe it can put some perspective on things.

4. queenkjuul ◴[] No.45350962[source]
Honestly if you're not a US citizen, it's probably best to leave. The current admin has proven they have no problem abusing even legal immigrants. Now that big tech et. al. have taken Trump's side, Democrats are showing they have no interest in getting in the way.

Can't wait to be told to also stop reading Twitter (never have anyway) but like genuinely, once you see a legal resident deported illegally without due process, how could you feel safe as an immigrant? I really don't think i could

5. mkfs ◴[] No.45367725[source]
> I should move away from the US now.

I don't think that's necessary, but it might give you some perspective. Perhaps you'll appreciate America more after spending some time away from her, and if not, "self-deportation" might ultimately prove to be of mutual benefit to the country and those most contemptuous of it.