Boycott US
Overview:
The community dedicated to boycotting the US until they stop fascism, restore full democracy and start following international law.
Americans have a moral obligation to resist Donald Trump and project 2025 at every turn.
America is a flawed democracy currently being ruled by oligarchs. Stop the backslide! Dont let America become the next Hungary.
America needs to challenge the court rulings of citizens united v. fec and shelby county v. holder, protect the media, implement independent district drawing, and the single transferable vote so they don't end up having people stay home in life-changing elections because they cannot vote for their favourite candidate.
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The real shocker is the number of people who don't.
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.
True, true. It was "want" to leave though.
I can see that, but if the want to stay eclipses the want to leave, arithmetically I consider that a net "want" to stay.
True, true...
Do you always run away from your battles? It's not about wanting to fight, or get hurt... It's about wanting a better country, and a better world.
Me? No. I don't live in a shithole country. I really hope Americans can fix their shit so it stays that way.
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
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
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.
Is "stay and fix your country" a racist dog whistle? I wouldn't imagine racists would really consider leaving in the first place.
I believe he meant the racism was in saying that to people to be anti immigration. As in: we don't want people from mexico coming to america! Stay and fix your own country!
If everyone was like that, wed have little ability to immigrate anywhere
it's used against immigrants or refugees. "they should stay there and fix their problems"
Ah. Well, considering I'm referring to my own strategy, I think I'm safe.
yhea, I assumed so. didn't mean to accuse you.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Or would if the could afford it.
This is our home, not their home. Fuck the fascists.
We aren't all cowards like the people in charge.