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They keep raising prices, stating that it's due to inflation, but then they keep having record profits.

Meanwhile, the average American can barely afford rent or food nowadays.

What are we to do? Vote? I have been but that doesn't seem to do much since I'm just voting for a representative that makes the actual decisions.

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[–] CurbsTickle@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

... That's prices to fly, not to emigrate. I think you're confused about what moving to another country means.

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Haha, no I'm definitely not.

Someone claimed specifically that it cost tens of thousands of dollars to travel to another country after I claimed these exact prices.

[–] CurbsTickle@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (3 children)

To move, to emigrate, is not the cost of a flight.

To fly somewhere is nothing. To move there requires an appropriate visa, residency applications and a lawyer for the process. You need to have a place to stay for those already accounted for, generally already need a job there to start those processes, you may need a sponsor in that country to help with the process if you don't.

Traveling and moving are not the same thing.

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Nobody said they were. People asked about the cost of a flight, I provided the relevant current data.

But you're grossly exaggerating the difficulty of moving abroad, especially for Americans. You're also wrong on most of your points, you sound like you have no experience living abroad.

There are 148 visa-free countries Americans can live in perpetually, many for initial stays of several months, or you can buy a visa for a nominal fee and stay as long as you like, reapplying every several years or more.

You do not need a lawyer to move to these places. You do not need a lawyer for your visas.

You do not need a place to stay "accounted for" or a job already secured.

You sound scared and are obviously ignorant about the practicalities of moving abroad, but don't make shit up that is so easily disproven and frankly ridiculous.

Ask your questions. I've answered others in detail and have so far backed up everything I've said with screenshots and simple fact checks.

[–] CurbsTickle@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I'm well aware of the actual costs of emigrating, you equated moving with a flight which is what's laughable.

Enjoy your day.

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Since you keep trying to scare people based on your own baseless, ignorant fears, I'll say that the costs of moving to most of these countries permanently is not much more than the cost of traveling there, for the benefit of anyone trying to learn

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Again, you're the only person trying to make that false equivocation, apparently because you have no leg to stand on.

[–] CurbsTickle@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

LOL it's what the entire thread is about and what you replied to.

Goodbye.

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 0 points 10 months ago

Make up stories and run away