• Brave Little Hitachi Wand@feddit.uk
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    13 days ago

    I dunno. I’m an immigrant, so maybe I just refuse to get it on some level. My citizenship used to give me access to a whole continent, leaving was so painful and benefited only Russia. I’ll never solve the Hellraiser puzzle box of the British voter’s psyche, and maybe I should just be okay with that.

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      13 days ago

      I’m an immigrant too, what makes you stay? Brexit was the straw that broke the camel’s back for me, and I left 2 years after. I figured that if I wasn’t going to be living in my home country, I wasn’t going to deal with the racist fallout of empowered racists post brexit. I moved onto a third country, and I’m doing ok here.

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        It’s hard enough to immigrate a young child once. If I did it again I don’t know if my kid could cope. Or my wife. I just finished supporting her through optometry school, and that degree only works in so many countries.

        Also, before I even entertained moving again I’d have to think of a third country that would have us. And somehow isn’t also doing late stage capitalism bullshit, you know?

        I moved my whole family once, and to everyone at home we’re the smart ones who got out. If I moved again it would start to look more habitual than Sybil-sighted. wan smile