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John the Lotus's avatar

I don’t plan on visiting the United States as a tourist in the near future. I’ve done that in the past, but no more. It’s partly the hostile reception given to overseas visitors these days, no matter how legal they may be with all required visas, paperwork and so on. Not to mention the unidentified masked goons kidnapping people off the streets.

But even more, it’s a depressing feeling that by going there I’m somehow supporting this regime. Not that I’m anyone important for other people to notice, but it would be rather like going on holiday to Nazi Germany in the 1930s. Just being in the country was a kind of moral normalisation for what was happening there, a physical vote of confidence in the Nazi regime.

Going to the US these days feels like self-soiling. So count me out.

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A P's avatar

Fantastic!

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