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So imagine this:

you owe X amount of money, and fleeing the country makes it vanish

Or you accidentally are given X amount of money, and fleeing the country is only way to keep it

Inspired by: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/25/they-fled-the-country-to-escape-their-student-debt.html (Who left over 20k. Would not bounce.)

https://www.the-sun.com/news/5684480/worker-accidentally-paid-300-times-salary-vanishes/#:~:text=Instead%2C%20the%20lucky%20man%2C%20who,seen%20or%20heard%20from%20since. (I would bounce)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Does this question even make sense in EU? I just walk across the border as usual and get an apartment there.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

If someone says "the country" on a global forum, you kinda know which country they're from

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

LOL

Even more so when someone expresses the idea of fleeing from debt.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Stop! He's already dead!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Generic disappear

Go to the library and study about the country you want to run to. I would pick someplace with a coast. Don't use your home computer or phone, you don't want anyone to find these searches.

Go buy a cheap laptop from a pawnshop and get a small Linux distro like Puppy or Tiny Core. Load Tor and find yourself a dark market. Buy a new identity. When your transaction is complete trash the laptop burn the USB stick you ran your Linux distro off of.

Buy a boat. Post all over social media about your boat and how you love sailing or fishing or whatever you do in your boat.

This is the hard part, go on a boat trip and at some point call in an emergency then abandon the boat. Make it look good drag out all the life vests and or sink the boat. Swim/row to shore and never ever ever ever go back to your old life.

You could do it for about $30k.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

My local library requires you sign in, and your own device would need MAC address spoofing.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Then you could use the Linux distro with a VPN from a public wifi.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 4 months ago

I like the way you think.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's exceedingly hard to emigrate anywhere legally.

People generally travel and overstay their visas, hoping for the best. It'll be a rough life, though. The question is whether or not it'll be rougher than what you're leaving behind.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Hard to emigrate legally??? I moved to Australia and they're they're thirsty for any kind of graduate diploma for the people wondering about student debt. And many more places to go if you're not a sticker for 1st world, but also many that pay you while you're studying in North Europe.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Hard to emigrate legally???

On a permanent basis, yes, and OP seems to indicate that they're wanting to leave the US permanently. Lots of countries will let people enter on a temporary basis, hence my comment about overstaying one's visa.

if you're not a stickler for 1st world

That's an important distinction.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I covered all basis. Try studying in Sweden, most courses are in English. With a diploma in hands it opens the door for many countries and permanent migration.

scholarship programmes that cover tuition and living costs are available for a number of non-EU countries.

https://sweden.se/work-business/study-research/swedish-higher-education#:~:text=Tuition%20fees%20are%20fully%20subsidised,number%20of%20non%2DEU%20countries.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 4 months ago

you owe X amount of money, and fleeing the country makes it vanish

Such a very Usamerican idea... I will not go into that.

Or you accidentally are given X amount of money, and fleeing the country is only way to keep it

That means simply moving across a border? No problem at all. I can do that twice every day if needed.