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[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 13 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

My thoughts are why should I move? America the country is beautiful and bountiful. I'm not the one wrecking it. I'd rather work on cleaning up the mess than just tossing everything I've ever had.

People from other countries can mock, but a lot of what I see going on in the EU doesn't seem far behind or is in some ways worse. Chat control, anti-immigrant policies, and a rise in fascism over there as well.

At this point, I feel I'm still better off with the enemies I know.

[–] MisterNeon@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I think you're having a better go than me. The reason I'm having such a rough time is that I don't have the things that make life bearable. If I "tossed everything I ever had" it wouldn't be much to toss.

Trump and Musk took my job in May. I had to pick up a gig working nights for a third of what I was making without benefits.

Once again thanks for the owl pictures.

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 2 points 22 minutes ago

This year has been tough mentally, but I've at least managed to maintain overall stability, and thankfully my wife has done very well this year considering we lost both her parents in the last two years.

I don't know where you're or what work you do, but I'm at a huge pharmaceutical company, so they hire damn near every kind of job since we're basically self contained. I'm a nobody so my name won't open doors, but I can always watch postings if you are able to get up to KOP or Collegeville. Like I said before, PM me if you ever need to.

We can only make things better if we're looking out for each other.