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"It is a bummer that you feel financially stressed, particularly these last 4 years. But things could be worse! Somehow. Vote Biden in again & you'll see."
Imagine wanting something to change and then voting for a right-wing explicitly stated Conservative Party.
Which Trump policy's do you expect to cause deflation significant enough to reduce your grocery bill?
Which Trump policy's do you expect to reduce your dependcy on owning a car so that you won't be at the mercy of oil companies, car manufacturers, and insurance companies in order to survive?
If only there were a third option...
Leave the sinking ship that is the US
To leave the US isn't as easy in itself...to leave, and sever all financial ties, even moreso. I think you must renounce your US citizenship to stop paying income taxes. $2400 + any exit fees, for those with a little more built-up wealth.
Where to go, where to land, is another big question. Nerds with their remote working jobs can go anywhere, work from anywhere, and get their money. I am a blue collar laborer. Pros & cons to that, but it does physically limit where one can go & make a halfway successful, nice living.
I do believe the US is in decline. This could be a Rome type situation, where it is in decline for centuries. When you're at the top, there's a long way to fall. It might be best to position yourself accordingly, and not make any rash decisions.
As someone who immigrated to the US as a child, if leaving the US is even 10% as difficult for me as coming was for my parents, I don't think I'm capable of it despite having a fully remote job at a global company.
To leave the US isn't as easy in itself...to leave, and sever all financial ties, even moreso
Nerds with their remote working jobs can go anywhere, work from anywhere, and get their money
If they’re completely severing financial ties with the US, remote work becomes much more challenging. And now you’re in the realm of finding a country that will issue you a work visa…
I was kinda hinting at voting for someone who isn't a senile old coot.
I haven't looked into US politics enough to know whether the third party is any option though.
It isn't. We really do have a two party system. Voting for a third party that's closer to your ideology just takes a vote away from the major party candidate that's the closest to it. We have several examples in the past where a third party candidate cost an election for the closest major party candidate, and zero examples where a third party candidate came close to winning. Roosevelt came by far the closest when he ran independent in 1912 and got 27% (which is why Wilson win).
President George Washington was the first and the last independent that won.