cuz like 99% of what you spend will go to some rich fuk
Having to explain how you ended up in a death camp in El Salvador when you came to visit legally as a tourist.
Dude. We fear this as pasty-white Canadians. I cannot imagine what the fear should be like with less Republican-esque looks.
Trying to create an answer that is more universal than our current political situation.
It’s too damn big. There isn’t any such thing as visiting the USA. You can see a little tiny bit, and what you choose will color your viewpoint.
It’s 50+ countries in a trenchcoat. Pan-Americanism, in the US context, is laughable at best and absolutely a shambling nightmare at worst. There’s several reasons why our government sucks. But the sheer size of this fucking empire is the top of the list.
Before the end of the century, it’s going to Balkanize hard.
The USA.
*Gestures broadly*
Everything happening right now.
Dude just open a newspaper it’s plainly obvious why not.
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Spending your vacation money in the US is sending some of that money to Donald Dump and friends.
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Seeing how tourists have actually been detained by ICE, it’s not even a hypothetical, I’d say the chances of it happening to you is at the very least nontrivial. Given the choice of countries for my vacation, I choose the one where the chances of that are, in fact, trivial.
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Let’s put it this way, I’m a mid 50s Cis white dude … so about as safe as one could get. And I would feel weird about leaving the country if I had to get back in. At the very least I would not have my own phone on me if I travelled.
Having insufficiently pale skin.
gestures around broadly wellll
It’s risky if you’re any of the following:
- Black/brown, or from a non-white country
- Queer (ESPECIALLY if you’re trans/NB, I left because it got that bad)
- A woman
- Disabled
- Have made left-leaning posts on social media
Even if you’re none of those, there’s always the chance that your next trip to the mall or store will become the next major event in your life. There’s also the slim chance that you might get an all-expenses paid trip to El Salvador. Don’t do it, it’s not worth it.
Basically if you’re anyone except a white cishet man, then don’t go there. Even then, you probably don’t wanna go there.
If you’re white or have a posh Northern European accent, then you’ll probably be ok.
If you’re brown and have a Southern or Eastern European accent, then you’ll be considered “Mexican”. And possibly mistreated as the hired help or favored slave.
If you’re black, you may get shot by police or persecuted by ICE.
It can happen to anyone, even an Australian police officer who married a man in the army.
I guess if you look brownish, it can be a risky endeavour, depending on where you want to visit exactly. But what do I know, I’ve never been there
