• BotsRuinedEverything@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    Via con dios. I’m a blue collar paycheck to paycheck schlub. I have to stay. I have to survive. In the end I will bring a strong back and a shovel to clean up the mess.

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      It’s funny, reading your sad little statement while thinking about the countless immigrants who left everything to start a new life in America, back before the fascists took control. We really are a sad little nation now, in more ways than one.

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        I’m telling you that I don’t want to be involved in a conflict beyond my control but I’m willing to stay and work for a better life on the other side of the violence, and you’re saying that it’s a sad statement compared to the immigrants who left their violent countries to pursue a better life in a country with no war?

        Can you understand your mistake here? I’m not leaving. I want to survive and use my skills to rebuild what I can after the 2-digit IQ war is over. I’m sad because I’m volunteering to clean up the mess?

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    Whenever I see people telling American to just leave the US, I always think “so I have to be rich to move to a new country? And I’m supposed to be a problem?” It costs tens of thousands of dollars to get just the application. It’s extremely privileged to assume everyone can do that.

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      You can pretty easily get a job for shit wages teaching English in Japan, and it’s not the only country like that. You don’t have to be rich, you just have to consider a different standard of living acceptable

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        if thats all you are going to do, and can live off that then go for it. i doubt its the majority of the people that move there though. usually japan isnt really keen on giving much room for foreigners with careers, let alont immigrate there, especially now they have elected a far-right PM.

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      Back during W Bush second term, I looked at migration to just Canada. It was several thousands of dollars for the application, need to have employment shortly after moving there or before then. Now it’s harder to do so.

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        THE PROBLEM is finding employment, i assume most people already had that set up prior to landing canada. its more likely if you are planning to go to “school” there , or have a in-demand job that canada needs filling.

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      I feel like it says a lot that he believes everybody is at each other’s throats right now.

      Most people seem to have a lot less tolerance for unnecessary bullshit, as in just not having the energy to waste pretending.

      I think it’s because most people who are aware of reality are also aware that shit is very bad right now, unless you’re a Nazi and it’s intentional. This country is being held hostage by Nazis trying to goad us into a civil war, and it’s kind of psychotic to pretend things are normal.

      There are some people who seem to want to pretend the same rules as always still apply, because it makes them feel more in control. They get offended when people don’t play along and pretend reality isn’t reality, but … tough shit. This is a fucking ridiculous mess.

      I can’t help but wonder if he views people no longer pretending to be nice about his bullshit as “everyone being at each other’s throats.”

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      There are relatively easy paths out. If you’re young enough, Canada offers a working holiday visa program

      I was able to save enough and do it while working as a line cook. The most expensive part is physically moving

      We should be celebrating other people leaving. It hurts the regime.

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        Lots of people left russia before and after the war started, it doesn’t hurt enough. Government was actually ok with that.

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          I’m about 90% sure they’ve been trying to get educated people to leave the U.S. before the midterms. It feels like some of the disinformation campaigns of 2026 have become so obvious now compared to the campaigns of 2016.

          There’s obviously a chance there won’t be midterms but as dumb as these people are, they probably didn’t kick off a 50 year long plan to destroy the U.S. government and overthrow democracy without a Plan A, Plan B, and probably a Plan C.

          Even if Plan A is to cancel the midterms, it’s easier to do that, along with a lot of other bullshit, if you successfully carry out a Plan B where you convince a significant chunk of the population with education, money, and influence to leave the country before you carry out Plan A. That leaves a weaker population to push back against you.

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    15 hours ago

    Could’a helped with his hundreds of millions of dollars instead of making Unreal Engine’s Smurfs and the Chamber Of White Saviours for the past twenty fucking years.

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    23 hours ago

    ITT: People mad that Canadian celebrity won’t stay in the US and fix it.

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      Not really surprised a Canadian would do that. Rich Canadians seem to be pretty fucking awful.

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      America was good enough for him to stay and make millions. As soon as things aren’t perfect, he wants to run to where the grass is greener. That’s a good reason to be angry.

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        Would you prefer he stay in the US and continue funding this regime?

        Trump cares about money and power. Taking away some money is about the strongest message a non-politician can send. It also doesn’t stop him speaking out, or funding opposition. He can still do everything else

        The only real result is that the US is losing his tax dollars and businesses. That’s what you’re complaining about.

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              He could get out there and energize protests. In the country he got so much out of. While its citizens rot with no healthcare he lived like a king off our labor. Fuck every one of these people.

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          Would you prefer he stay in the US and continue funding this regime?

          America will outlast Trump. The Dems need another candidate with the campaign skills of Bill Clinton or Barack Obama to make him and his followers totally forgettable. Republicans will triumph as long as the Dems keep pushing presidential candidates with weak campaign skills on us.

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            This isn’t just Trump. People want to act like this is one man. The United States does not function. It will not get better after Trump leaves.

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            I don’t really see the difference in general doctrine between Trump and the others.

            Trump is just more in your face, but for the rest he is just another US president.

            Gimme one that would rediscuss the role of Israel (or even its existence) and who will actually support Ukraine and then maybe we can talk.

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            We need someone stronger than them since they still compromised with conservatives. We need someone who will control the party with an iron fist and yank everything left instead of just wanting to return to the status quo. Someone willing to tell every Republican and their supporters to go fuck themselves.

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              I hope that someone is AOC. It would be an extra spicy repudiation to these bastards if it was GASP, a woman, who reformed America and is a central figure in the history books.

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      Man makes his wealth through the American movie industry, leaves when America gets bad.

      Yeah I’d say everyone has the right to be angry at that.

      Edit: extremists are a plague

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    “At each other’s throats?” 30% of the country is behaving like Nazis, others are calling them on it, and a disturbing percentage are silent. Yes I suppose more people could be silent to help preserve his feelings.

    He has the money and platform to speak out. Instead he leaves.

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      As a professional scuba diver I think his ocean-related work is much more important than America. Sorry guys but the world doesn’t revolve around you.

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        Then he can do without the both sidesism.

        Whats irritating about this is not so much that he chose to leave but that he did so while making an unhelpful comment attacking every side in the political mess.

        I would also be careful ignoring Trump. As much as I would like to think Trump is ignorable he has nukes and unlike Xi and Putin seems to have dementia.

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        Did the world revolve around Germany during ww2?

        Your country either has something America/Russia/China wants or it’s trash to these people.

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      He can still speak out just as well

      Money is also the #1 thing this adminitration cares about. Cameron taking him money, businesses, and most importantly tax dollars to NZ and Canada instead is the most impactful individual action he could do

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        Giving an interview with what sounds like a both sidesism is not helpful in a speaking out sense. As for taxes is production companies are still California based and his distributor is still 20th Century Fox.

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      To be fair; famous people usually get shat on (and rightly so) when speaking about politics

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      Canada has a working holiday visa with the US

      It’s an open work visa for 1 year, and it renewable. Cost a few hundred between passport, paperwork, and other fees when I did it

      It’s available to all Americans without a criminal history, if they are below the age of 30 or 35 (I forget the exact requirements for each cut off)

      You don’t have to be rich. I was working as a line cook when I saved up enough to move

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      Exactly, in the article he sees the problem but instead of using his money to help he fucks off to be safe. He may not be an asshole but he’s a a bit cowardish for it I feel even if he can still help from NZ it’s more likely he will just focus on his life there than try to put out the gordian garbage fire that is the US

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          Great argument! “Why should people that immigrate give a shit about any other country than their mother country?” Really good thinking there arguing for isolationism.

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          Which countries do you think the mess will overflow into first? (Not to mention the ongoing global effects of the US dumpster fire)

          Nationalism isn’t a useful way to see the situation. It’s everyone’s problem, and those who have the wealth and influence to help are especially obliged to solve this.

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            The most effective thing he can do it take that tax revenue out of the US. Now New Zealand and Canada will be reaping all the benefits of having him there

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        Cameron will be forgotten once he leaves the Hollywood media bubble. He’s never been politically influential, and his short intervals of fame relied solely on 2 movies. But his fame from Titanic and Avatar has mostly died out.

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          Yeah. And as a kiwi it kinda pisses me off that we let wealthy Americans in. I’d rather it was a generic visa program than a pay-to-play.

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      “Must be nice” is the comment I came here to post.

      I don’t see him sticking his neck out either. I’ve heard about him crashing out that people dont like his blue space horse movies enough. Who has he tried to educate, or influence?

      Good riddance, our culture is trash, you helped no one

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      I left with just a few k in my pocket. Being rich helps quite a bit, but it’s not the only method.

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        Often it’s less the price of leaving and more about getting the new country to let you stay

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      All the assholes who are making the country worse could afford to do that easily, leaving the rest of us stuck here to clean up the shit, what else is new though.

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      Yup. I mean, I get it, but I would not advertise it. If everyone jumped ship, those that simply couldn’t would drown within it, so he isn’t exactly helping the situation. Need every vote possible, and dollar for that matter.

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        I mean, remaining on a sinking ship doesn’t save anyone else from drowning. Some people have a life raft, I can’t blame them for using it. I would get out if I could, cause things don’t seem to be getting better anytime soon except on the off chance the midterms actually save us.

        Ideally, the folks getting away on the life rafts wouldn’t be determined by how much money they have. Maybe send the most vulnerable first, and the people with the means to resist stay behind. But that’s not how this situation works, unfortunately.

        It’s a crabs-in-a-bucket situation. Why pull down the ones who can escape?

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          Honestly, if I was relatively wealthy, odds are that I would tuck tail and run away from the US. Unfortunately, my poverty has backed me into a corner. Flight isn’t an option, only fight.

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          I mean, remaining on a sinking ship doesn’t save anyone else from drowning.

          If you think America is a sinking ship, what does that indicate about the continued safety of NZ?

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    “I have decided to go to space and upload my consciousness into a blue alien furry and find a girl alien and we will kiss and it will be beautiful and deep and I am keeping all my Oscars.”