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[–]Jesus 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Like what they did in the Soviet Union.

[–]Tom_Bombadil 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Exactly. Except this could be much worse.

Many Warsaw pact nations had borders with NATO countries that could provide political asylum.

There is no possibility of a powerful sympathetic neighbor to escape to. Canada and Mexico are both economic colonies if the US.
They essentially take orders from Washington, so no American could reasonably expect to be granted asylum.

Imagine reading future articles about Americans who fled to Cuba.

It wouldn't be the first time in US history.
A number of Black Panthers fled the US after assassination attempts were made on then by the police, and FBI. More were assassinated.