Yale ‘Fascism Scholar’ Announces On MSNBC He’s Leaving the US for Canada Before Trump Starts ‘Pulling People’s Passports’

Please don't give him ideas.

We’re definitely in show me your papers days

Never thought I would see a flood of Americans refugees coming to Canada to escape a tyrannical government...

I guess that's what you get when you elect a criminal with dementia as president.

I know this isn’t related to the article but I would love it as a fuck you to Trump if Canada started allowing political refugees from the states

Neat. I wish I could do that. I tried several years ago when I actually had some money because I saw this coming. Nobody wanted disabled people then, and less so Americans now.

People wouldn’t listen back then, when I was called hyperbolic and alarmist, and good fucking luck leaving now. People think leaving is easy – it’s not. We’re stuck in this shit show.

Can’t fix it, can’t leave. Going down with the ship. Fuck everyone who voted to kill me. I will not survive this administration. I’ll probably die within the year because, though I worked my ass off in IT since the 90s, I had to burn through my savings by being weak enough to get sick. *I already have to choose between food and medicine, so I mostly don’t eat. I’ll just stop buying medicine.

So fuck me, I deserve to die now. There’s no escape. There’s no hope.

Come to the Netherlands: https://dutchreview.com/expat/30-percent-ruling-netherlands/

That's dumb. If there's ever a Hitler-level problem a reasonably fit guy like him can just cross through the woods into canada in several places. Stay and fight. Elon's defeat in Wisconsin today shows that as lame as it sounds, voting does work. If you actually do it.

Must be nice to be able to leave

I'd be afraid to announce it until I'm out

I'm a US American who has been considering expatriating, but its too expensive.

Can someone tell me if my passport gets pulled, do I not have to pay the expatriation tax on my net worth?

Timothy Synder left for Canada too...

That's two less canaries in the coalmine.

Don’t forget to show you Covid vaccine card before you enter Canada

It'll take a lot more than words and guns

A whole lot more than riches and muscle

The hands of the many must join as one

And together we'll cross the river

It is incredibly unlikely that the republicans pull passports. They are very much dependent on people to be placated and insist "it is just temporary and I am going to live my life". Passports are owned/used by predominantly upper middle class families who are the most likely to try to ignore the republicans while bitching and moaning that somebody is being rude and protesting in front of a Starbucks. Take away their passports and now this impacts them rather than just "trump, biden, whatever. Groceries are still expensive and I am just going to live my life and go on vacation to Italy this year".

Historically? Yes, fascist regimes do that. That is also incredibly ineffective. We are more likely to see the China/Russia model where political crimes become increasingly prevalent (see: attacking a tesla is terrorism). The other reason to pull passports is for draft purposes. And the US Military, for as massive as it is, is not one that can be run by drafted soldiers. But republicans are also fucking idiots so... we'll see.

So... if you can get out, get the hell out.

This is foolish. People need to stay and fight, or go into hiding. A cushy, public position at a university in Canada won’t protect you if things go that far. Canada has little to no bargaining power against the US.

If they want you, they’ll get you one way or another.

Wait

What happens if they try to pull my passport but I don't have one