Comment on Why is the word "expat" a thing?

DerArzt@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• spankmonkey@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  They see themselves on an extended holiday of multiple decades.

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• ogmios@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Hear me out: Maybe everything isn’t some conspiracy to hate others.

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  • lime@feddit.nu ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    ah, so you have an alternative explanation?

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    • ogmios@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Do you seriously need someone to explain to you why there are multiple words with similar meanings in the world?

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      • lime@feddit.nu ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        well when you challenge an opinion you usually offer an alternative opinion.

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      • Windex007@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        They aren’t used interchangeably so this implies a different definition or at least distinct connotations.

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  • Kilometers_OBrien@startrek.website ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    But that means these cretins may have to reevaluate themselves and their opinions.

    We can’t have that now, can we?

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• 1984@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  To be fair, they are pretty bad, unless you do like America and only allow people with certain skills and intelligence. Allowing immigrants from war torn countries is very nice, but ultimately brings that war to the country itself.

  Source: Sweden.

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  • vzq@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    🤮

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  • TheGalacticVoid@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Bro skilled people wanting to become US residents or citizens have to wait an absurd amount of time to even have a chance

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    • 1984@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Yeah because they screen people, not just let anyone come in.

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      • TheGalacticVoid@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        No, it’s because there’s a lottery system that has been backlogged for decades. US immigration is such a bad process that skilled people go to Canada instead because the government there actually values those people.

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• Kilometers_OBrien@startrek.website ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Or it’s a term tied to tax status that is easier to say than explaining taxation status for those living abroad 🤷

  No, it’s all just a big racist conspiracy, don’t bother looking up any definitions or anything lmao

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