bitofarambler

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[–] bitofarambler@crazypeople.online 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

"Are you speaking from direct experience?"

i am speaking from direct experience.

"Where did you end up"

I've been traveling over a decade; started in china, went to a few dozen countries, still going.

"how?"

came across an ad for teaching english, flew over to China. kept going.

"Fascism is a growing trend."

it's certainly a very popular topic within a few countries these days.

i daresay it's much easier to comprehend from out here.

"America has changed pretty significantly"

it might seem like that standing on the pulse there but again, things look different from out here.

"bit cat and mouse with the direction other nations are also headed."

there are 200 countries, none of which are static.

you may feel confined because you're living in one of them, and it could be that you think you're only supposed to live in one of them.

"retreating"

protesting, not retreating.

if you live outside of the states for more than 330 days per year, you aren't required to pay earned income tax up $125,000.

administrations and policies I don't agree with don't get my tax revenue, and haven't for a long time.

Withholding funding from the system is preferable to participating in and contributing to the system.

Vote with your feet.

[–] bitofarambler@crazypeople.online -3 points 2 weeks ago (12 children)

Americans can travel to most countries in the world(180 of them, give or take) either visa-free or with a visa on arrival.

Almost all remaining countries accept online visa applications. You fill out an online form (15 minutes or less), pay the fee, and they email you the Visa a day or two later.

[–] bitofarambler@crazypeople.online 14 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

nobody is going to make you leave, I'm offering advice and encouragement for people who do want to leave or feel hopeless about their prospects.

couple things here:

"I'm gonna stay and I'm gonna enjoy myself until the bullet passes through my brain. I'm gonna make sure it stains their nicest carpets and finest dress,"

  1. it's much easier to die for a cause than to live for a cause.

  2. you can do a lot more damage alive than dead.

  3. your life is worth a lot more than inconveniencing somebody's carpet.

as an example, if you travel for 11 months out of the year, you don't have to pay earned income tax, and taking away revenue from the government is going to do a lot more harm than you being dead.

especially because I don't see any evidence for this:

"they love seeming civil and clean."

I don't think they like being clean so much as they don't care about being dirty in public anymore.

[–] bitofarambler@crazypeople.online -3 points 2 weeks ago (14 children)

are you trying to ask where Americans can travel?

[–] bitofarambler@crazypeople.online -4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

you said:

"just ignore people's lives involving those that live near them, family, lack of money, lack of a destination that will take them long term, and every other thing beyond vehicles go vroom. "

my reply:

that's not a good idea; you aren't taking into account important parts of people's lives that can affect their ability or inclination to travel.

you sound a bit DeSantis, wanting to ship people off without due consideration or even a rough plan in mind.

[–] bitofarambler@crazypeople.online 14 points 2 weeks ago (36 children)

i suggest leaving.

it's better outside.

[–] bitofarambler@crazypeople.online 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

aside from being a native English speaker, you don't need any.

The school will provide the curriculum, training, you'll get to shadow a teacher for a few days and you'll have an assistant in class to wrangle the students, so all you have to do is speak English in a native accent for 20 minutes at a time.

you can also watch any number of YouTube videos to learn what teaching English is like, or you can choose from hundreds of other remote jobs If you don't want to teach.

as long as you make a few hundred a month, you can survive comfortably in Southeast Asia.

hostels are $100 a month, 200 a month for food is enough.

If you're making 500 usd a month, you can get a private place for $250 or $300, and keep the same food budget.

[–] bitofarambler@crazypeople.online 3 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

I suggest going to Southeast Asia instead. tickets are a couple hundred, everybody is really cool about genders and pretty much everything else there, everything is cheap, you can live indefinitely on tourist visas and if you need money you can always teach English.

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