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Re:U.S. citizens no longer have access to most of the world by randlet on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @12:36PM (#23977571)
> To add to this, most of the additional countries aren't really umm... worth traveling to, at least for most people.

This is a quite unfortunate attitude to have. Every country I've been to has something to offer, has helped me gain perspective and empathy with other people and has been "worth" traveling to.

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Re:U.S. citizens no longer have access to most of the world by gruez on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @01:07PM (#23978039)
I feel like you fixated on that part of the sentence and ignored the first part:

>I'm sure those countries have interesting places to go to and the people there are nice

The reality is that for most people, their time and money budgets are constrained, and they're optimizing for more than just "gaining perspective and empathy" (eg. they might just want to party/relax). As such, those countries are low on most people's list.

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