Are you rich, white, and male? That would explain some of the blase' attitude.
Because otherwise it might get quite different. Many wealthy Jews in Nazi-controlled territory thought it would be pretty much the same, maybe with some extra harassment, but they had money, factories, and other assets. The ones who tried to leave too late ended up in the gas ovens. There's a lot of hate that's been spread around by MAGA and there will be more to come. There are a lot of fascists in the MAGA movement and more of them are likely to come out of the closet about it. Several of the violent alt-right militia terrorist groups actually carry fascist and/or Nazi flags, sing Nazi songs, chant Nazi slogans, and regurgitate Nazi ideas. Quite a few MAGA folks openly support a dictator.
I'm not convinced we'll still have a constitutional republic in a few years. I would love to be completely and thoroughly wrong about this. I would be ecstatic. I will leap for joy if I'm wrong. I will weep with joy if, five years from now, each and every one of you posts to remind me of what a foolish Chicken Little I was at this time.
But I studied this in grad school and I am very concerned. Others who lived thru it in Germany have been just as concerned. We'll be updating our passports and I've been researching golden visas. So, yes, money gives options. For my family and all of yours. I would prefer those options aren't needed by anyone.
It isn't nice to make assumptions about people.
Rich? I suppose so, since I've already said I'm approaching "and beyond" territory. Male? Yes. White? Not exactly.
I thought I was pretty clear in my post that I was talking about my FIRE journey, and I stand by my opinion that I see no reason to panic in terms of partisan politics really affecting my long term financial trajectory.
It seems you want to make this conversation about a greater threat to democracy which will then become a threat to personal finances. I didn't study the holocaust in graduate school like you did so I'm no expert. But, with the exception of my great grandparents and their immediate family who emigrated to America, my family was wiped out during the Holocaust. I have also lived in a number of countries experiencing conflict or collapse, to include Somalia, Lebanon, and Sudan, and even more post conflict countries, so I wouldn't say I'm "blase" about threats to democracy. I would characterize myself as not panicking because I have a realistic view based on extensive experience.
I do have concerns about the strains that might be imposed on America's social and political systems, but I am not particularly worried about the effects on my finances. I have posted elsewhere about some of my efforts to protect my family's financial future from even highly unlikely black swan events and about my own views on what people who are concerned about societal collapse can do to protect themselves.
I am currently an expat, but I'm not worried about my eventual return to the US. I'm confident that America isn't going to become Nazi Germany. Or Somalia. Or Lebanon. I do my part to support democracy by voting, by contributing to politicians I think will support democracy, and by supporting nongovernmental institutions that support democracy like the ACLU and independent media like the New York Times.
You're entitled to your own opinion, of course.
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