r/politics • u/croato87 • 6d ago

America Lost the First Biden-Trump Debate Soft Paywall

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/america-lost-first-biden-trump-debate-1235048539/
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u/Turd_Nerd_Bird 6d ago

With this and all the shit the Supreme Court is ruling on while they can hide behind the debate coverage, it's not looking good for the country.

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u/Nukemind Texas 6d ago

Legit why once I finish this degree I’m moving abroad. Tried it out with a semester abroad (note: I’m almost 30 but in grad school). Loved it. First world nation. My GF is over there and had considered coming to America. But when we saw how well Trump was doing in the polls…

The fact he has even 10% support, not to mention how much he has, made us decide we didn’t want to be here. Too many racists, too many fascists. So finish up, accept the job abroad, and likely not come back.

Spent near 30 years here and actively campaigned for DNC but it’s just not feasible to remain.

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u/SpezModdedRJailbait 6d ago

You're gonna be disappointed to find out that pretty much everywhere is having these same issues to some extent. The far right and centrists are ruining everything in pretty much every country right now.

College is genuinely worse here than most other countries though so I understand why you'd have felt that way of you were abroad studying.

I do think living abroad is great (I'm an immigrant myself), but don't expect anything to be better anywhere else. You'll have better food, education, and healthcare but you'll still have the same fascists and cowards running things. If we as a planet don't get our shit together we're all going down together. Outside of the bubble of school, expect xenophobia in most countries too.

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u/encapsulated_me 6d ago

It's amazing how incensed people become when you tell them you are getting out. No, it's not the best in the world, regardless of where you came from. Tell me of the horrors of Uruguay for example. 

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u/SpezModdedRJailbait 6d ago

You misunderstand me. By all means live wherever you want, just don't expect it to be better. Europe is falling into the same far right rabbit hole America is for example. OP is moving to Japan, which is just as far right and nationalist as TX is if not more.

I myself am an immigrant, and while I don't regret it, I do wish more people prepared me for how difficult it is.

The US is deeply fucked, but it's not alone in that. Moving from TX to Japan is going to be a very painful experience in a lot of ways.