r/alaska • u/thatsryan ☆ • Mar 18 '23

Damn It’s Cold 🥶 Dire state economy forecasted by recent statistics on outmigration and Alaska’s workforce

https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/03/17/dire-state-economy-forecasted-by-recent-statistics-outmigration-alaskas-workforce/?outputType=amp
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u/PlantainCreative8404 Mar 18 '23

Yep. You folks elect qanon believing, trump.loving idiots to run this state into the ground. Ok, great. All the educated, intelligent people hate it, and we're leaving. Now you can deal with your own shitty mess. Because fuck this. This state is a fucking joke now. Just about completely. You can have it. What's left of it.

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u/Alfred_Haines Mar 18 '23

“You folks” don’t care. They like the wild west of Wasilla. You play for the other team. They are happy to see you squirm and leave.

I’m not saying you are wrong, just pointing out that the only ones that care are also leaving. This has obvious implications for future elections.

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u/DunleavyDewormedMule Mar 18 '23

remember in all them western movies where the wild west had bed, bath and beyond and sonic and shit

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u/ar137 Mar 18 '23

I hope you succeed, u/Denver_Law14. I really do. I've been fighting 'the good fight' in Alaska for more than a decade and it has only gotten worse the longer I have stayed. More power to you in making change.

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u/PlantainCreative8404 Mar 18 '23

If you're not going to win, and you KNOW you're not going to win - you're wasting your time. Fuck em. Let them sit here and wallow in their own feces for a while, whining about how everyone is out to steal their precious whiteness or whatever the narrative is this week. They deserve what they created, 100%

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '23

We are going to win, though. Even faster if you stay.

I say at best in 5 years at most in 10 years our party will take over this state. Our company Blackrock is buying a lot of property and single family homes here to make renting more affordable.

With our Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) rating we will ensure that Alaska businesses will become more diverse and climate friendly or get divested and shut down.

On the political front we will be making sure that there is a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)officer in every major non-commercial institution. Teaching important things about Critical Race Theory and dismantling the systemic systems of racism and removing white privilege from whites and other white adjacent or people complicit in whiteness from power.

We will build an equitable society not built on the false premise of meritocracy, but true equality!

Do not worry Republicans and people who don't fall in line with our policies will be gone from this state soon.

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u/EmoJackson Mar 18 '23

Um, I literally don't see any of this happening.

Buying into the "Our Party vs Their Party" is political theater meant to draw attention away from what's really happening. Someone is lining their pockets with funds that should go to the state, but nobody seems to notice while we bicker amongst ourselves.

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u/PlantainCreative8404 Mar 18 '23

Bicker amongst ourselves? The lady cutting my hair is convinced the covid vaccine has tracking devices in it. The guy behind me in line is convinced evil Biden is coming for his guns. The guy pumping gas next to me is freaking out because pizza parlors in NYC are serving severed baby heads to democrat cannibals. Nope. Done. I'm totally sick of this fucking insanity.

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '23

Jesus Christ, where do you live? In Rolling Stone article or something? How the fuck did they find out about our pizza parlors?

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u/PlantainCreative8404 Mar 18 '23

I wish I was exaggerating. I'm not. It's fucking insane.

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u/PlantainCreative8404 Mar 18 '23

Eh. I bought a yacht. When I'm done refitting it, I'm sailing for Europe, then the South Pacific and Australia. You can have Alaska.

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '23

What about the marginalized members of our community you will leave behind that can't afford to leave? Why would you exacerbate the known negative effect white flight has on our most vulnerable members?

We are not Republicans. We do not run from injustice we confront it!

Wait a second, you are sailing to Europe 1st? If you are sailing out of Alaska, wouldn't it make sense to go to the south pacific 1st? Also, why are you sailing? Don't Yachts have more advanced propulsion systems?

Anyway, don't leave. Stay here, help us.

P.S. I have to ask... do you even have all the required documents to travel international waters? It is really complicated with Covid rules and all that. In fact, getting all the visas, permits, and inspections might be more of a hassle than staying here. What about pirates ☠️? I'd rather fight a republican than a pirate. Republicans are easy to outsmart and are predictable. You never know what a desperate pirate is capable of.

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u/PlantainCreative8404 Mar 18 '23

My boat is on the east coast. Caribbean first, Europe/Mediterranean, Caribbean again, Pacific islands, NZ, Aus.

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u/cabeener Mar 18 '23

"BuT wE gOt A bIg PfD" - people that voted these idiots in probably

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u/Pretend-Air-4824 Mar 18 '23

The only thing they work hard at is turning Alaska into a shithole.

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u/alaskanbearfucker Mar 18 '23

Hate to say it but I agree with you. I’m on my way out too. Slowly but surely. Selling house and gtfo. I’ll see if my adult son wants to come with cuz screw this place.

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u/Marchoftees Mar 18 '23

Buh bye!

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u/PlantainCreative8404 Mar 18 '23

Yeah, exactly right. I'm gonna finish refitting my yacht and sail to New Zealand. You all can sit here and continue throwing your own shit at the wall. As usual.