You can keep framing emigration as some kind of luxury cruise for the monied elite, but that’s not reality. The vast majority of immigrants aren’t rich. They’re not fleeing to some fantasy of ease. They’re making sacrifices most Americans wouldn’t stoma…
You can keep framing emigration as some kind of luxury cruise for the monied elite, but that’s not reality. The vast majority of immigrants aren’t rich. They’re not fleeing to some fantasy of ease. They’re making sacrifices most Americans wouldn’t stomach for five minutes, leaving behind family, identity, language, safety, on the chance their kids might have a shot at something better.
That’s not comfort. That’s courage.
Pretending otherwise isn’t just inaccurate, it’s the same kind of unreality that corrodes everything we claim to be fighting against. If we’re going to demand truth from the MAGA cult, we better damn well be willing to live in it ourselves.
This isn’t about liking the options. None of them are good. This is about telling the truth about what they cost.
The truth is: Migration, when it’s chosen as a political and moral line in the sand, is not abandonment. It’s not indulgence. It’s sacrifice. It deserves to be named as such.
I fully understand that emigration isn’t a sacrifice you’re willing to make. I understand why. It’s a brutal, complicated, deeply personal decision.
Please don’t frame emigration, or immigrants, as wealthy vacationers chasing ease. That’s a comforting illusion designed to justify staying put, and it erases the real cost millions endure just to survive somewhere new.
Make the choice that’s right for you. Truly. But respect that others are doing the same. The fight for a future isn’t one-size-fits-all—and pretending it is only serves the system that’s already trying to break us.
You’re still absolutely free to disagree.
But let’s be honest about what you’re saying.
You can keep framing emigration as some kind of luxury cruise for the monied elite, but that’s not reality. The vast majority of immigrants aren’t rich. They’re not fleeing to some fantasy of ease. They’re making sacrifices most Americans wouldn’t stomach for five minutes, leaving behind family, identity, language, safety, on the chance their kids might have a shot at something better.
That’s not comfort. That’s courage.
Pretending otherwise isn’t just inaccurate, it’s the same kind of unreality that corrodes everything we claim to be fighting against. If we’re going to demand truth from the MAGA cult, we better damn well be willing to live in it ourselves.
This isn’t about liking the options. None of them are good. This is about telling the truth about what they cost.
The truth is: Migration, when it’s chosen as a political and moral line in the sand, is not abandonment. It’s not indulgence. It’s sacrifice. It deserves to be named as such.
I fully understand that emigration isn’t a sacrifice you’re willing to make. I understand why. It’s a brutal, complicated, deeply personal decision.
Please don’t frame emigration, or immigrants, as wealthy vacationers chasing ease. That’s a comforting illusion designed to justify staying put, and it erases the real cost millions endure just to survive somewhere new.
Make the choice that’s right for you. Truly. But respect that others are doing the same. The fight for a future isn’t one-size-fits-all—and pretending it is only serves the system that’s already trying to break us.