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Re:How a French scholar was treated at US airport by jacquesm on Monday February 27, 2017 @11:52AM (#13745582)
> Americans who travel outside her borders are not the people making these decisions, tend to be much more worldly than the average citizen, and are the first to be horrified at these developments.

They also most likely wield dis-proportionally large influence to get this nonsense stopped.

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Re:How a French scholar was treated at US airport by monodeldiablo on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @01:21PM (#13766599)
Why? What would give you that idea? "People who travel internationally" is not, to my knowledge, a privileged political class in the US.
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Re:How a French scholar was treated at US airport by jacquesm on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @04:37PM (#13768668)
People who travel internationally tend to be wealthier and better educated than those that never leave their country.

They don't need to be a privileged political class in order to wield more influence since influence tends to be loosely correlated with wealth. See also: Trumps billionaire cabinet.

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