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It did happen with Vietnam draft evaders. There is an entire generation of former Americans born in Australia and Canada: like Mel Gibson and Stewart Butterfield of Flickr/Slack.

Also with those fleeing communism as refugees or asylum seekers - i'm born to one of those.

I don't doubt that some people will move, but it won't be to the extent of previous migrations. You have a better chance of changing and fixing the USA from the inside.




Fun fact: Mel Gibson was born in Peekskill NY.


His parents tried to find the Burger King from Rt 9, took them 12 years to escape.


Sort of funny, because Australia had its own Vietnam draft.




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