by liberal japonicus
In the enshitification thread, the notion popped up (and it's popped up several times at the blog) about the idea of moving to some red state en masse to change the politics. I've kind of lost track of who said what, but this guardian article points to the issues with that.
Under censorship laws, we could both be arrested for felonies, and once you have a felony [on your record] you can’t vote any more. Why is the response always, you guys can just move?” Both Mitchell and her daughter are living with disabilities, and Mitchell says the family would struggle in any state with a higher cost of living than Indiana. “We do not have a big savings account, and it’s not like we’re 20 and we can just grab a duffle and go where we want to. We’ve been married for more than 25 years and we have a family. We can’t just pick up and hope it works out.”
“Finding jobs, setting up a social network, kids in schools, parents in care … economically and socially, moving states is not something you do on a whim,” says McCranie.
As a person who is wondering how he ended up where he did, the idea of moving to support a political ideal seems particularly fraught. Anyway, something to discuss.
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