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author: oofbar
Found out someone I knew drowned off the coast of Puerto Rico a few days ago. Mental health issues may have been involved. Feels weird.
Convincing oneself to leave one's country is hard, especially with wife and baby in tow. Leaving behind one's entire social support group and gambling on building a new one is daunting. But the mass shootings, theocrats, and white nationalists are all getting to be a bit much. Any advice for a guy considering leaving the PNW of the US for the PNW of Canada? Am I nuts for thinking that doing so might be wise?
Marx once called religion "the opiate of the masses," but for some people it seems to be more like some kind of meth.