Have you ever traveled outside of America? (Not to Canada or Mexico) (lemmy.ml)

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If you don't know less than 50% of Americans have a passport. The ones who don't, I really see the limitation in their thinking. They never saw that most of the world is in fact freer than them, has a better system in place for their people, and doesn't have some of the major problems that America has. I'm currently in a country where over 90% of items are made in that country. America (made in China) can't comprehend this efficiency. P.S. I'm American

The thing that gets me though is how dangerous many Americans say other parts of the world is without having ever been there lol. I travel and I'll tell you America is the MOST dangerous country outside of warzones. Yes even more dangerous that Arab countries for women. Lol I know that propaganda is in a lot of Americans minds.

OK so who's actually been outside the country and can talk geopolitics and actually know from experience what they are talking about?

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[-] juliebean@lemmy.zip 9 points 16 hours ago

If you don't know less than 50% of Americans have a passport. The ones who don't, I really see the limitation in their thinking.

why do you think it's a thinking problem? applying for a passport costs money. travelling to another country costs even more money. not everyone has had access to the same opportunities.

anyways. i haven't gotten to travel out of the US, but it certainly ain't because i wouldn't like to. it just isn't financially feasible for a lot of people here.

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Yeah this question really was "have you traveled to a different hemisphere". Ok ok, there's also central America and the Caribbean, but most American trips to either of those places are to resorts in impoverished nations unless it's to Costa Rica, which i hear is gorgeous, but is also the equivalent of Aussies going to southeast Asia, but more culturally similar.

Why don't we go to other hemispheres? Because they're very far away. I'd be shocked if Canadians were significantly more likely to go to other countries (us excluded), and they're quite a bit closer being further north. And a lot of Americans live between two mountain ranges in the middle of north America, where it's a flight to either coast before flying to a different continent.

[-] dusty_raven@discuss.online 3 points 13 hours ago

I think OP was saying that traveling opens your mind to new thoughts, not that people don't travel because their thinking is limited.

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