Or be so poor and in such a backwater place that time has no meaning.

Yes, the naivety of OOP not realizing that southern Europe is some of the most expensive real estate in the world and that the Americans moving there are moving with hoarded wealth is hilarious to me. "Let them eat cake" energy

I’m in the fortunate position that I could tell my chronically ill spouse to just not work.

Took them literally years to work through the guilt of not working, the capitalist conditioning of work being your source of value was so strong.

Of all the things I’ve accomplished in my life, knowing that my beautiful, creative, loving spouse gets to spend their days not being crushed by the capitalist machine is my most cherished.

It's okay, I live in Ohio and we work like this, but instead of asking what you do we ask which high school you went to, and what you think about

Quick reminder that if you have german ancestors that had to flee the nazis, you can claim their citizenship back. Once you got the german passport the whole EU allows you to be a resident.

Probably?

https://relocate.me/blog/relocation-advice/moving-to-europe-steps/

as a fellow american stuck here until i hit the lotto - best we can do is an occasional debt filled trip to the hospital.

Spain has massively increased it's population. Even though the birthrate is below replacement level. All of that is immigration.

You can move to basically anywhere. Most countries offer legal immigration paths. Some are of course harder than others, but it's possible.

Especially if you are highly skilled. Such as a medical doctor.

Countries love already educated professionals, since they basically get all the benefit of a fully working adult without the downside of paying for its childcare or education.

And even if low educated, most first world countries want low educated foreigners that can do the "dirty" physical work that the locals don't want to do, such as construction.

Also these people are on vacation. People are in a good mood on vacation. They don't mind a lot of everyday bs. They don't really care of the food prices because they already spent a couple thousands to be there. Emotionally, they are in a theme park.

And importantly, they are drunk.

Imagine their expectations.

Check your family tree! Some countries grant you citizenship automatically if you have, or had, a relative who holds citizenship

Your mind is under control, your defeatism is maxed out

Check this out

If you're a U.S. citizen, you can move to the Netherlands under the Dutch-American Friendship Treaty (DAFT). You need to start or register a business in the Netherlands (freelancing counts), maintain at least €4,500 in the business, and apply for a DAFT residence permit. The permit is initially granted for 2 years and can be renewed as long as you're actively running the business. It's one of the easiest ways for Americans to legally live in the Netherlands as a self-employed person.

As a neruospicy person that's also an INTJ on the Meyer Briggs scale, let me tell you that "infuriating" doesn't even come CLOSE to describing it.

Like I've spent 30 YEARS thinking of how to fix this busted system, read stoic, humanist, capitalist and socialist philosophy, Examined several world religions, studied most of european history, and am up to date on most science,... in short, I'm not a "know it all," I make it my business to be well versed.

So when I come up with an idea of how to really get down to the nuts and bolts of the issues, only to be told that my solutions would never work, the only thing I have to say to everyone is

"Not with that attitude." As I scream internally.

You are not too late, you can still get finnish citizenship the same way as every other immigrant: you have to live there for 8 years, and learn the beautiful agglutinative language!

https://migri.fi/en/citizenship-for-adults

Then there are people like me whose ancestors came here before the Civil War. My last name comes from a German immigrant who came here during the German 1848 revolution.

If your parents acquire citizenship would you not be fewer generations removed?

I read moving to Finland is really difficult now. They simply don't hire immigrants.