338 sats \ 2 replies \ @blocktock 29 Dec 2023 \ on: What would have to happen for you to LEAVE your home country? earth
The biggest risk that many males think will never happen is conscription.
Do you really think when that is announced, you will have time to get your sh*t in order and leave? If this happened in the West, it would come at a time during significant stress on systems and society. Planes would be out of the question. Just have a Plan B, if you don't have have an unlimited affiliation to your country.
Good call - this is an important consideration for declining countries. I've probably escaped this risk, personally, from age and prior military service. But my sons deserve a plan B when they're old enough.
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Many places that have destabilized over time have this exact problem, it's brutal
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