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> it's a feature It seems awfully dysfunctional for a country which would like to portray itself as subject to the rule of law (although dysfunction may count
by 082349872349872 3y ago
> it's a feature
It seems awfully dysfunctional for a country which would like to portray itself as subject to the rule of law (although dysfunction may count as a feature, depending upon one's politics?).
Luckily, legal emigration is still possible (or at least was, back when I did).
> "Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" — EL
- emmet 3y agoThe country is the poster child for pulling the ladder up after yourself.
- autoexec 3y ago> Luckily, legal emigration is still possible You can legally leave the US, but only with the permission of the US government. They can deny you a passport, or revoke the one you have, for any reason and at that point you are not allowed to leave. It's kind of weird to think about how we didn't ask to be born here, but we're expected to follow the laws and if we don't like it we can't even leave and go where the rules are more favorable to us without permission from the government we're born under. I'll always poke fun at the crazy sovereign citizen crowd, but on a certain level I can sympathize with the feeling that there's a certain type of injustice being born under the rule of someone else.