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So…those of you who have lived though things like this, realistically what can an individual do?

Im talking beyond voting. Stock up on things? Get to know all my neighbors?

Because of an earlier Executive order, ICE (and related law enforcement) no longer needs to have a warrant. Now we are talking about militarizing local police forces. What happens if my family and I get disappeared?

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Organize. Organize. And organize.

Not speaking from experience, but if history has taught us anything, the best course of action is practicing mutual aid. Talk to locals. And arm yourselves.

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Many Germans were wondering the same thing nearly a hundred years ago.

Some of them decided to move while they still had the chance. You could say it’s traditional to move across the ocean if your country becomes a totalitarian dictatorship. The other options aren’t that nice though. Once the system falls apart you could be judged for just going with the flow.

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Where can Americans even go? It’s not like immigrating is easy, most of us can’t afford it and Western Europe is no guarantee considering vlad is breathing down their neck

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If you face:

  • danger of torture
  • risk to your life
  • risk of cruel and unusual treatment or punishment

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/asylum/in-canada/eligibility.html

If you enter Canada from the U.S.
[…]
Your claim may not be eligible if you entered Canada from the U.S.:

  • at an official land border crossing
    or
  • anywhere along the border, including rivers, lakes and other waterways, and made a refugee claim less than 14 days after the day that you entered
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Plenty of places for Americans to go, but they have to give up some of their luxuries and entitlement.

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Come to South Australia!

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Vlad can’t do shit in Western Europe. The bigger danger are our own right wing assholes pushed by Russia, American owned (social) media and TikTok

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No country is going to be welcoming to refugees from a shithole country like America, and our notorious reputation for arrogance isn’t going to work on our favor.

If you have a lot of money, or have an in-demand skill, perhaps they’ll take you, but any American in a new country is going to face the same difficulties that immigrants in America face - discrimination, crime, exploitation, difficulty in finding jobs, bigotry, etc.

Better to stay in America and fight back.

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Check in with friends and family regularly. If you go missing, have them report it and call your lawyer.

Ideally you wouldn’t let them take you alive, since CECOT is a death sentence anyway.

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All my neighbors are MAGA

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you should ‘do something’ about that.

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