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		4ad on Feb 22, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Social Media Needs a Travel Mode That's a very defeatist position (not to mention that this policy is emulated, or will be soon emulated by many other countries). Isolationisms won't help neither the political situation in the world at large, nor the situation in the US right now. The US is a great place to visit, a great place to do business in, and a great place to live in. Not to mention that many, many people that are affected by this policy are non-citizens that are in the process of becoming a citizen (either formally, or not started yet). Or many are employees of some US company living in some other country. My parents and my partner are in the US. They have lived there for 27 years, but I am not a US citizen. Are you telling me that I should just give up on my family?

caf on Feb 22, 2017 [–]

Perhaps, but sometimes the realistic option is to admit that you have been defeated, and choose to play a different game instead.

The choice faced by travellers to the US is essentially the same as that faced by all consumers of a product declining in quality: Voice, or Exit.

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