I think temporary safe corridors and refugee support should enacted for the failed states in the US. Hanging onto them for the sake of a minority of people is clearly harmful to the greater society, but arguably residents in other states do have a moral obligation (which likely won’t be upheld) to the peers that they also failed as a union.
I understand not having a choice about moving, completely. But keep in mind how the opinions on Texas of other states evolves as things get worse and worse, and the scale of the effort needed to move populations even if they are a minority. If you can make a plan for getting out while there is still an opportunity to get out, it may serve you well in the future.
And it’s definitely not just a Texas thing. Arizona and Florida appear to be on the same trajectory, at the very least. Most likely Louisiana, too. The functioning states won’t be able to rebuild the failed ones infinitely; it’s already a huge drain and the costs grow each year. You don’t want to get stuck in the pack once hope is given up and everyone is trying to evacuate. It will likely only become more and more expensive over time.
I had to move to low-income housing because no job I’m able to get pays enough for a ‘real’ apartment. I can move to my hometown, but It’s the same thing there. I barely make enough to get by. Were it not for my wife also working, we’d both be homeless.
Trust me. I’d love to move somewhere else, where a post-high school education wouldn’t make me more broke than I am, where good jobs grow on trees, and where housing is reasonably priced. But I can’t. So I Vite blue and get shit on for it here. But I do it anyway, because the asshole fascists that run this state sure as hell haven’t made my life any easier.
Yeah, I get it. That’s why I suggested trying to work out a longer-term plan, but I understand that some people are just stuck. Plain and simple. The system is designed for it to be that way. I really hope safe corridors materialize when things start break down. It’s the rational and humane response in my opinion.
There won’t be good jobs on trees, reasonable housing, etc., in other states but at least the working class wouldn’t be stuck as tools for the local fascists like they are now. It’s no coincidence the right of mobility has been scrapped.
I think temporary safe corridors and refugee support should enacted for the failed states in the US. Hanging onto them for the sake of a minority of people is clearly harmful to the greater society, but arguably residents in other states do have a moral obligation (which likely won’t be upheld) to the peers that they also failed as a union.
I understand not having a choice about moving, completely. But keep in mind how the opinions on Texas of other states evolves as things get worse and worse, and the scale of the effort needed to move populations even if they are a minority. If you can make a plan for getting out while there is still an opportunity to get out, it may serve you well in the future.
And it’s definitely not just a Texas thing. Arizona and Florida appear to be on the same trajectory, at the very least. Most likely Louisiana, too. The functioning states won’t be able to rebuild the failed ones infinitely; it’s already a huge drain and the costs grow each year. You don’t want to get stuck in the pack once hope is given up and everyone is trying to evacuate. It will likely only become more and more expensive over time.
I had to move to low-income housing because no job I’m able to get pays enough for a ‘real’ apartment. I can move to my hometown, but It’s the same thing there. I barely make enough to get by. Were it not for my wife also working, we’d both be homeless.
Trust me. I’d love to move somewhere else, where a post-high school education wouldn’t make me more broke than I am, where good jobs grow on trees, and where housing is reasonably priced. But I can’t. So I Vite blue and get shit on for it here. But I do it anyway, because the asshole fascists that run this state sure as hell haven’t made my life any easier.
Yeah, I get it. That’s why I suggested trying to work out a longer-term plan, but I understand that some people are just stuck. Plain and simple. The system is designed for it to be that way. I really hope safe corridors materialize when things start break down. It’s the rational and humane response in my opinion.
There won’t be good jobs on trees, reasonable housing, etc., in other states but at least the working class wouldn’t be stuck as tools for the local fascists like they are now. It’s no coincidence the right of mobility has been scrapped.