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Wait until it happens. I can't count the number of people who dramatically stated they'd relocate to another city or country if some politico or other was elected and never followed through. Most people who say that are all talk and no walk...
i agree that it is not going to happen, but relocating to a different city is massively easier than relocating to a different country (still not easy)
mfs going to migrate to upstate new york in search of Albany style steamed hams
😂 it's a real thing, those turds will have the gall to complain when they find it
Mm, steamed hams.
It's nice here in Germany. You should at least visit
Your masters programs are also very affordable, in may cases free, and often taught in English.
I'm enjoying my time here
Partly due to US social media companies, we aren't going to let any USians stay longterm, though.
username kinda sus
What do you mean?
it translates to ape teacher..
Mate, well-off people are were they are because they like living there and operate their businesses were they do because that's were they make money - they're not going to sacrifice their quality of life and profits merelly because they disagree with an elected politician.
Sure, they'll say they will because saying it literally costs them nothing, but they won't actually do it unless they're sure they will be better off by acting thus.
Only those who aren't high net worth individuals have to face themselves the difficulties of relocating, the well-off just pay somebody to deal with the headaches for them, so they never had any barrier to leaving other than that life won't be as good for them or doing business won't be as profitable elsewhere.
It's not by chance that the free market "paradise" free of government interference and taxes called "Somalia" hasn't attracted any high net worth individuals.
Add one to the tally, zorra. Brexit made me leave the UK
Same here.
I wasn't going to keep on paying through my taxes the pensions of the kind of people who detested me simply because of where I was born (the proportion of Leave votes was much higher amongst older Britons).
Also a hard-nosed analysis of the whole thing yielded the conclusion that Brexit would significantly accelerate the downwards spiral of the UK.
It's thanks to such hard-noses analisys that most of my savings were protected from being hit by the fall in the British Pound when the Referendum vote yielded a Leave as result and in the subsequent years - I "smelled the wind" even before the vote and moved most of my money and assets out of the UK and the Pound in preparation for a "Leave" result.
Decoupling from the UK, including leaving the country, were some of my best decisions ever, as I keep getting reminded periodically everytime there are news of the UK government doing yet another highly authoritarian action (I don't even follow their Economy anymore)
It's ironic that they would move to another country because someone they perceive as an immigrant has been elected. Then again these people are not well endowed in the brain department.
Americans are not the world's favourite group of people right now, so I suspect emigrating would be difficult, unless they want to go and fight Russia's war for them then I'm sure they'll be welcome.
Oh, these people don't walk. Presumably they'll be chauffeured.
If you quit, I'm quitting!
Also never happens.
A hard-nosed business-style analysis yields the simple conclusion that such talkie-talkie only has upsides for them. Because doing it costs nothing:
So, yeah, they'll say whatever when they can only gain from it and at worst lose nothing at all from saying it.
Such kind of discourse should be treated as "lies until proven otherwise".