I might be moving back to the USA. . .

Brian_Expat

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Thu Nov-11-04 01:12 PM
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I might be moving back to the USA. . .

. . . and I am in a moral dilemma.

Half of me wants to focus on making as much money as possible and not giving a shit as all the right-wing bastards who voted to take away my rights as a gay man starve and lose their jobs.

The other half wants to spend lots of time fighting both.

Is anyone else going through this moral dilemma of deciding what one's attitude is going to be?

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K-W

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Thu Nov-11-04 01:15 PM
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1. I don't know that trying to make as much money as possible

is ever the ethical choice.

But I also don't know that the ethical choice is always the right choice.

Translation: I can be of no help.

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Brian_Expat

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Thu Nov-11-04 01:18 PM
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2. I view money as a degree of power. . .

. . . if I cannot get rights as a citizen, perhaps I can buy them.

A sad reflection of contemporary realities, but. . .

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K-W

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Thu Nov-11-04 01:22 PM
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4. Depends on what position in the economy you can take.

Edited on Thu Nov-11-04 01:26 PM by K-W

There are plenty of high paying jobs that give no real power.

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Brian_Expat

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Thu Nov-11-04 01:25 PM
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6. I'm thinking entrepreneurship. . .

. . . and I can get money from abroad as well as here.

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K-W

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Thu Nov-11-04 01:26 PM
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8. Run a good ethical business, cheers. EOM

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demokatgurrl

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Thu Nov-11-04 01:21 PM
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3. Are you in a position to help starve the right wing bastards?

If so, I say do it. And make money and save it for your old age because the neocons are going to destroy social security.

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livinbella

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Thu Nov-11-04 01:23 PM
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5. you will regret moving back to the USA

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Brian_Expat

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Thu Nov-11-04 01:25 PM
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7. I don't have a choice. . .

. . . contrary to popular fantasy, the EU and other countries aren't having out passports to American citizens who wish to live in saner places.

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frustrated_lefty

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Thu Nov-11-04 01:28 PM
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9. Brian,

do NOT come back. This place is a horror. A pay raise doesn't cover the emotional pain.

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