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Why though? Institutions have just started to crumble (we didn't even see a really rigged election yet, though might see one soon), and the actual civic resistance in the streets has barely started. Trump's grip on America is much weaker than, say, Yanukovich's grip on Ukraine was, and there is no external force that could realistically support Trump in case of an internal revolt.

I understand that some people might still want to flee for personal reasons, but in the end the eagerness of people to stand for democracy physically is the final test for its viability - all institutions can only work as long as revolt is a possibility. Otherwise it's just words on paper that a dictator can ignore without consequences.



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