It’s supposed to be for better or for worse. Lately it’s just been better if you’re a red state that refuses to invest in education and worse if you’re a blue state that actually generates money from your educated and well-paid citizens. Enough is enough.

That is the most Brexit thing I’ve ever heard. The audacity to complain about the Spanish in your country while the British loudly and palely swarm Spain every summer.

Can you imagine the increase in American literacy rates and decrease in emissions?

Because the former is legal, and the latter can be handwaved away.

While I like the comparison, that’s giving Theoden over there a lot of credit.

My condolences.

Too many Americans celebrate ignorance, it’s depressing as fuck.

Papers, please.

As with most people in that position, they’ve been fucking over people for so long that they’re terrified of someone turning the tables on them. Hence gathering ungodly amounts of wealth and insulating themselves from the world.

Sounds like a libertarian paradise. Be extremely comfortable as long as you’re part of a certain 5% of the population.

Well, he claimed that his intent was to be a one-term President. Now we see that was a lie.

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That was fucking insane. I remember being dumbfounded to learn that the clearance agency had fired all of the investigators from that contractor, only for a new contractor to rehire them all and win the contract to process clearances again. Horrorshow.

In my experience, if you’re white, male, and have a semblance of your shit together, you’ll be done in 6 months or less. I’ve seen minorities stuck in the process for years, despite having the squeaky-cleanest of records. (On the flip side, I heard a rumor that someone in the building recently got their reinvestigation processed successfully despite having recently received their 3rd DUI…) The exception to that is if you’re in the military, as the government will have a record of anything you’ve ever done, and if you’re an officer then you probably already have a clearance to begin with.

Well, you could start by taking a break asking every single person on this thread how their life is terrible. That would make my life marginally better.

Many who love to talk about how great America is also have not left.

Here’s a handy list. Just keeping scrolling til you get to the US, and until you get there I’d most likely be happier living there.

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I understand you feel like that’s vindictiveness, but hear me out - given that rural, agricultural, and Rust Belt states swung wildly towards Trump, I don’t think it’s unfair to instead think of that as justice.