I find conflicting information when I look this up. How true is this claim?
this post was submitted on 22 Mar 2025
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Wow, this must have been Trump’s plan all along to reduce crashes in the DC SFRA! What a genius!
With all the news of ICE arresting and abusing tourists in my countries news recently I would also think twice before traveling to the US if I don't have to. Not like there aren't other just as interesting/beautiful, cheaper and by now tbh safer countries to travel to.
Besides all the moral questions wrt the slowish slide into fascism ofc.
UK and Germany made warnings not to go to the US. The US is like North Korea now, lol.
I'm in the UK, my friends are well read but hadn't heard of the detention of tourists. One of them still plans to go on holiday next month... mad
Send them as many news links as you can.
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As a citizen of the US, I'm nervous about leaving and getting back in.
If it reaches that point, just be glad you made it out in time.
What a surprise that people do not want to visit a country while it is in a speed run to the bottom. You never know when shit hits the fan with full force. You just know you do not want to be there when it happens.
Those cases where they put tourists into jail for no reason at all for several weeks were headline news here in Germany and I assume also in other parts of the world. That will harm your tourist industry.
I fucking live here but I’m not a doctor so nobody wants to take me. I’m exploring options from my Eastern European heritage now to try and apply for asylum in the same country that my grandfather fled almost 80 years ago.
If my grandfather were still alive to see me attempting to flee what he fought against as a 17 year old soldier, it would absolutely make him sick to his stomach.
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It’s so wild that they named after one of the Dulles brothers. Truly two of the most evil people who ever lived. And we’re still living in a world grappling with the fallout of their crimes, and those who wish to continue their legacy.
Never trust countries with the following:
3. Airports named after people.
2. Streets named after dates.
1. Background music on news reports.
If you do somehow find yourself in a country with one or more those things, back away slowly and quietly until you are over the border.
There's a lot of countries with airports named after people. Weird thing to be triggered over.
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Yeah, who names an airport terminal after someone as awful as...."Harvey Milk?"
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Oh so sad.
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Guess America should not have elected an orange fascist fuckwhit gameshow host to their highest office.
If the rest of the world thinks their immune to fascism they'll find out quickly they are not. Fascism doesn't come about by votes alone. Fascism is a defense response of capitalism when it is in decline. Those votes are manufactured by media, xenophobia, and a decline to the material conditions of the working class. I'm sure it won't be so as entertaining as American politics is. But it will be just as dangerous nonetheless.
The zoo in DC is pretty dope, most of it is free as it is part of a park.
Idk though, the central parts of DC where lots of successful people are is suffocating to me. You go out to lunch and everyone has shoes on that cost more than your car and they sound like two LinkedIn chatbots conversing when this is supposedly a break from work?
Ewww
I know there are MANY other facets to DC I haven't seen though!
Countless gorgeous museums, art galleries, music venues, etc. Seriously, the museums alone are days worth of entertainment and some of the nicest in the country.
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The more working class people leave DC, the happier I will be when the asteroid hits.
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Wonder if this is a nationwide thing or if DC is hit particularly hard since it's the heart of the evil empire.
i'm terrified of what the government will do when world pride comes to dc in a few months </3
Likely they will try and make it illegal on as many levels as they can.
As a Canadian, I couldn’t be happier.
Maybe we can annex some of these poor should to a country that cares.
Mostly.
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