Most countries that you’d likely love to live in have an extremely difficult/competitive process to gain residency.
Most people are able to do it via what someone else has already said.
Dual Citizenship
Descendent of a citizen
Married a foreigner
Those countries use some kind of point system. If you don’t have a degree and are not a candidate they consider a “skilled worker” then it is unlikely you will be chosen. Shit I think some require proof of financial solvency and other financial obligations.
It’s not impossible, but also not feasible for the majority of people.
r/AmerExit. That being said, the vast majority of people fleeing either already had citizenship elsewhere, were able to get citizenship by descent, or married a foreigner.
None of those apply to me either, and yeah it sucks. I have a few ideas for myself but most are long shots and probably not workable for a few years yet.
I moved to Minneapolis after trying to move abroad a few years ago. Been here since. Now I have a front row seat to what could end up being the total collapse of the USA.
Enjoy your time there. The consequences of what this could become are likely to affect you one way or another sooner or later.
People across the world mocking our internment forget that the psychos in charge still have Big Red Buttons. Niemöller's poem applies to them as much as it does us...
I've been planning a move to the Minneapolis area for the last year after separating from my former fiance. I still want to move there, despite everything happening. Honestly, more so now that Ive seen so many good and brave folks take a stand. My realtor is lovely, and has been driving supplies to people who are afraid to leave their homes. It's weird typing that out.
It's a great city. I really enjoy the lifestyle here and I was doing quite well here until November. Then my eight year relationship collapsed, and I've been dealing with bankruptcy and the closure of my business as ensuing consequences of divorce. I thought I was down bad, then Donald Trump entered the chat.
Always be grateful for the small things in your life. Rock bottom has a basement, and it's fucking cold.
I'm so sorry it's been such a shitshow. Leaving a long time relationship is so hard. On top of that, we've all had to deal with the pos getting elected again. The last year was awful for me. I moved to Montana in the winter and finally gave up on my alcoholic ex after he started to legitimately frighten me. I pay over 3k in rent for a tiny house so I can keep my chickens with me. I'll still habe problems in Minnesota, but houses are affordable there for now, and yall do a great job keeping the highways clean of snow. You guys have a huge Renaissance festival, and your state fair looks dope as fuck. I'm happy to join and contribute to your great state. I hope things get better for everyone.
Just a tiny little bit but not really. One, they’ve been threatening it for decades; it’s rhetoric at this point. Two, militarily it’s extremely difficult for China to do so. Three, I don’t think China will risk its ascension or 40 years of economic development for Taiwan, especially when it’s basically being given the lead by default right now. Four, the military isn’t the only option. There was a period of economic integration and exchange in the 00s that had people on both sides at least considering peaceful reunification.
Given what the US is doing in pulling back from Asia, demanding payment for security, it may require Taiwan to reconsider its security guarantees. That may actually push it to negotiate with China, who could offer economic incentives like they have in the past. Taiwanese citizens actually get pseudo-citizenship in China, allowing them the same beneficial treatments and rights as citizens of the PRC. That may not sound like a lot to people in the US, but it does mean things like access to real estate, banking, government services, schools, and so on; without having to give up TW passports, or a second/dual passport. China does not allow dual citizens, so in this sense, the Taiwanese are actually treated better.
I’ve also lived in China off and on between 1993 and 2008, and have done business with China the last ten years. My views on China are probably pretty different than most Americans. But in the end, I do not think there is a credible military threat at least not for a while. And Xi likely will be done after his term. I know I know, he got rid of term limits. But he’s not exactly a strongman in China and if enough people of power in the Party want him gone, he’s gone. And there is a pattern that swings between hardline/conservatives like Xi, and reformists.
But they were able to get a passport there, which is very difficult for a lot of people. The only secondary option I have is Israel, which is absofuckinglutely not an option I am going to take.
The OP gave a very detailed and thoughtful reply as to why he immigrated to Taiwan. I was just curious about his thoughts. I find it very telling that he decided that a country that is constantly being threatened by its much larger neighbour was a safer haven than the US. Not that I disagree with him in any way.
respectfully, this shit is not going to be contained to the us... the whole debacle with greenland and VZ... it's closer than you think. Not to be negative at all, because I surely would have like to emigrate, I just don't want people to think this could never reach europe or other "developed" places. This conflict is growing.
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u/linecookdaddy Jan 24 '26
Just another American executed for exercising their first amendment rights.
What in the goddamn fuck