My last view yesterday of the US; one-way ticket.

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Isn't New Zealand currently going through their own slide to the right? The Māori only represent like ~17% of the population over there. New Zealand just elected a conservative coalition.

Seems like you're just moving from one place you (presumably) don't agree with to a new place that also just signed up for shit you probably aren't going to agree with.

I mean it looks beautiful but if your travel is for political reasons I fear you're just heading to a different slice of the same.

Have a safe flight.

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It’s nowhere near as bad here in NZ

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The world’s billionaires are heading back to NZ

BusinessDesk talked to real-estate agent Caleb Paterson, who works with a number of offshore agents and high net-worth individuals mainly out of the US and UK markets. He said interest had “definitely perked up” since National said it would repeal its ban on foreign buyers.

Foreign buyers, with the exception of Singaporean and Australian citizens, have been barred from owning NZ properties since 2018.

Assuming it makes up the next government, National’s plan would open the door to all foreign buyers to purchase NZ homes valued at more than $2 million, with a 15 per cent foreign buyer stamp surcharge clipped on, from the 2025 fiscal year.

Enjoy paradise while it lasts.

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These billionaires aren't going to pillage NZ.

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It won't be like last time

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You might have misunderstood me.

Billionaires aren't going to NZ to sell subscriptions or strip mine the wilderness. They've already done that elsewhere.

They're going to NZ to live out the coming apocalypse in a mansion with servants.

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It hadn't really occurred to me to seriously ask where an American could leave to and become a citizen. I've got a degree in Information Systems and I work I.T., which I would think would be relatively valuable somewhere.

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"IT" as in operations, networks, security, support, or? I mean a suitable background in networks and you'd make 130k USD plus pension as a networking consultant in Denmark. IDK about citizenship though. As with all the rest of Europe, we've seen a rise in right wing populism and are now suffering from its resulting inane immigration laws.

But if you're in for the adventure, then you could look outside the list of English speaking countries. There's The Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, we all speak English and we all have healthcare... But don't go to Sweden, they suck

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Billionaires aren’t going to NZ to sell subscriptions or strip mine the wilderness.

They're going to demolish nature preserves to build mega-mansions and juice up the police force to press gang local indigenous people.

Just like they've done everywhere else.

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Billionaires want to exploit people and places but they don't want to live in an exploited place with exploited people.

As in don't shit where you eat.

Ultimately I think billionaires wanting to spend their billions in NZ is a good thing for NZ.

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As in don’t shit where you eat.

The Moss Landing Lithium Plant fire is right in the middle of California's largest vegetable producing county.

That's food going straight onto the plates of any number of Silicon Valley executives.

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I'm gonna stick around for a bit longer and try to clean this shit up. But it's never occurred to me to ask who'd want me if I wasn't staying.

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My last view yesterday of the US; one-way ticket.