Time to Leave?
I was standing in line at the post office today, doing my usual Wednesday shipment of packages... a pretty normal thing when you're in the business of selling online and people need to get their stuff!
The woman being helped at the counter was having a discussion with the postal clerk about getting her mail forwarded to Portugal. Evidently, she and her husband are moving to Portugal. For good.
The conversation unfolded a bit further and a couple of other people at the post office joined in the discussion and I soon realized that more than half the people waiting to be helped were talking about moving permanently out of the US to a foreign country.
A couple of people were talking about Ireland because it's a very similar climate to where we live here and it's "nice and green" and there are rugged coastlines and quaint small towns much like our own.
Funny asides were exchanged about the rain and fog.
To be honest, it's not the first time I've ever heard a discussion like this, in the past six months or so. Seems like the idea of getting out of town and heading to a foreign country is on more than a few people's minds, at least around here.
I'd be lying if I didn't admit that Mrs. Denmarkguy and I have had periodic discussions about the possibility of going back to my native Denmark if the shit really hits the fan, and the USA starts looking like it's really going to come off the rails.
It's a very strange world in which we live and frankly it's getting a little more unnerving day by day. I guess a lot of people are just biding their time, going on the assumption that the current administration in Washington DC only has another couple of years to go and then it'll be somebody else.
Of course the problem with that is that it assumes that the current social construct that exists here will be left intact for such things as "free elections" and a "change of government" to even be possible. Seems to me there's an actual possibility that some kind of craziness will happen that will either negate or completely preclude having elections when the time comes.
It seems like virtually every day some new debacle arises that makes us all shake our collective heads.
I've always worried about something that I have called "the power of the apathetic middle" here in this country. The nation often ends up being run by the extreme ends because so many people either don't show up to make their voice heard or they operate under the illusion that the two parties are basically the same and nothing will change so why bother?
I think that's a rather dangerous attitude to have, and an attitude that could force you to go with the flow that doesn't at all represent what you believe is good or right.
Regardless, it'll be interesting to see what the midterm elections bring, and whether the results are allowed to stand if they don't necessarily support the current administration.
While I don't exactly have my bags packed yet, I am definitely continuing to keep one eye on the exit door. And, frankly? It makes me a little bit nervous that I am living in the year 2026 and I'm writing these words.
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