China’s tourists are increasingly skipping Western destinations in favour of the Middle East and Southeast Asia, Travelex data shows.
  • buzzardman2@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
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    14 hours ago

    If i wasn’t American or I could leave the US and become a citizen elsewhere I probably would do it, Especially if i wasn’t disabled and could provide for myself by working a full time job. The thing that keeps me from moving is the fact that while the US currently does suck majorly I earn an income from the state due to my fathers work and my disabilities, one of the few concessions from the US still holding on thus making it possible for me to live here. I can’t imagine not living here and choosing to come here knowing what is going on. It would be like watching Germany in its rise to fascism and choosing to visit it while being a soviet citizen and expecting nothing to happen with the knowledge it was happening and is going to happen more.

    • -6-6-6-@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
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      14 hours ago

      Even without disability; it’s expensive to revoke your citizenship and often requires a lot of hoops to jump through depending on what country you’re in. Probably easier in China compared to say, Cambodia or Uruguay simply because I imagine there’s more embassies in China.

      I hope your father’s work keeps paying out for you. I have a few friends in a situation with social security right now.

      • berdario@lemmygrad.ml
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        7 hours ago

        He didn’t mention renouncing citizenship, though I agree that it can be tricky. The real problem would be getting a visa that allows you to work, and the language barrier (for most countries)

        • -6-6-6-@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
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          4 hours ago

          I’d imagine if you leave and have no intention of returning revoking your citizenship is a good move. A lot of people bring up the “advantages” but with the coming state of the world I doubt it will have much advantage for more than two decades.

          But yeah, I agree with you. It really depends on the field of work you’re in, in all honesty. I don’t know their field or if they work at all; disability doesn’t automatically mean someone isn’t working either that be over the table or not.

          • Finiteacorn@lemmygrad.ml
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            2 hours ago

            i mean theres also no disadvantage to keeping it whatever country u move to will almost certainly have a higher tax rate than the federal tax rate so its not like u loose anything. Renouncing ur citizenship is mostly a symbolic thing anyways, some countries dont even let u do it.

  • 小莱卡@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
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    20 hours ago

    fwiw my laoshi told me she did not want to go to the US because its dangerous for chinese people