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Re:The Death of the Full Moon Party by pjmlp on Monday October 12, 2020 @03:08AM (#24752121)
In theory yes, although you probably want to declare yourself as tourist in many countries, unless you want to have some fun with local authorities.
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Re:The Death of the Full Moon Party by pjc50 on Monday October 12, 2020 @04:02AM (#24752358)
.. until they find out you've been working without a visa, which (while unlikely) will result in even more "fun".

(I do side-eye people who refer to westerners working illegally in the non-west as "digital nomads" while referring to non-westerners doing the same in the west as "illegals")

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Re:The Death of the Full Moon Party by Mediterraneo10 on Monday October 12, 2020 @05:06AM (#24752630)
The "digital nomad" community certainly isn't limited to Westerners. There are quite a few digital nomads from Arab nations. And though Indians have weak passports and can't travel to too many countries visa-free, you still meet many Indian DNs in e.g. Nepal.
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Re:The Death of the Full Moon Party by pjmlp on Monday October 12, 2020 @04:25AM (#24752462)
Sure, and I am not advocating to do it illegally, just making the point that what one states at the border can have wider consequences that one imagines.
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Re:The Death of the Full Moon Party by Chris2048 on Monday October 12, 2020 @12:01PM (#24755802)
> while referring to non-westerners doing the same in the west as "illegals"

Do digital nomads have employers?

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Re:The Death of the Full Moon Party by howlgarnish on Monday October 12, 2020 @05:42AM (#24752814)
I probably shouldn't, but I'll bite: how does a dude with a laptop in a beachside cafe implement "the policy of a country seeking to extend or retain its authority over other people or territories, generally with the aim of economic dominance"? They're likely not even paying taxes to their home country.
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Re:The Death of the Full Moon Party by Mediterraneo10 on Monday October 12, 2020 @01:07PM (#24756639)
> They're likely not even paying taxes to their home country.

They likely are. You meet a few DNs here and there who work entirely through cryptocurrency, but everyone else gets paid through ordinary bank channels that bring tax obligations.

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Re:The Death of the Full Moon Party by toomanybeersies on Monday October 12, 2020 @11:25AM (#24755355)
The aim of colonialism (at least according to Adam Smith in The Wealth of Nations [1]) was to exploit the New World's resources in order to accumulate wealth. Extending authority over these territories was just a means to this end.

These days, rather than the Spanish Empire stripping South America of its gold and silver, it's individual workers emigrating to countries with a low cost of living to maximise their own personal wealth.

[1] https://oll.libertyfund.org/titles/119#Smith_0206-02_185

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Re:The Death of the Full Moon Party by Chris2048 on Monday October 12, 2020 @11:59AM (#24755787)
By this definition, any immigrant is a colonialist?

How exactly does this "exploit the New World's resources" given they will probably get less infrastructure than in their country of origin?

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Re:The Death of the Full Moon Party by toomanybeersies on Monday October 12, 2020 @07:42PM (#24760775)
Read the book, or at least the chapter on colonialism (it's not too long), it answers both your questions.

Apologies for not giving you a proper reply, I'm just about to go to sleep.

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Re:The Death of the Full Moon Party by Chris2048 on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @10:49PM (#24772636)
I still can't see how this applies to "digital nomads".
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