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Michigan governor says not voting for Biden over Gaza war ‘supports second Trump term’
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My family are rug dealers and are spread around the globe and I'm looking at Lima or Thailand where I have cousins and would be able to get a place. I speak Spanish so its probably Lima. The whole world is going to contract when the US Empire is established and it is hard to know what is going to happen.
The US is in big trouble. The problem started in the legislator, where the seat of power is, in the 1970s. They ground down the ability of the US congress to pass any legislation and gummed up the system to where passing the bare minimum (things like Build Back Better) are major accomplishments. The constitution is supposed to be a living document, this means that it gets updated. The last update to it was in 1992 to give congress a raise. The previous one was in 1971. In the earlier years of this country we passed legislation and amendments all the tiem. The way that the history has gone when congress is working they pass Amendments at least every 10 years. The last time they didn't pass an amendment for 50 years was 1865.
All the discussions are about the president and t his single election, but the game has been rigged on the local and state level to invalidate the outcomes of the elections themselves. Hillary Clinton should have won in 2016, she won - but we have a system where Idaho, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Wyoming get 10 senators and 15 electoral votes. Less people live there than in just Brooklyn and Queens in NYC. There is no reason a rural vote should be so weighted towards in a society with the Internet.
This country is broken, I won't scream violent revolution because I know that doesn't work. The communists started the 1979 revolution in Iran, toppled the government and opened the door for Khomeni. The only reason that isn't a threat here in the US is that there literally is no left or leftists here, we have upset people online. We have an actually fascist system where business interests and government coordinate behind closed doors and conduct wars for profit while managing a vast complex of prisons at home.
Yes, very well said.
I’m considering the Lusophone world for myself and my family. My vision is to find a place where my kid can put down roots. I’m having a hard time working out the details, though.
I have climate-driven concerns about living near the equator or in Europe. And as part of the contraction you mentioned, I expect moving around the globe will become difficult or problematic.
That doesn’t leave many options.