[rho138]

As an american it is true that most people don’t have passports - the act of flying internationally is either out of reach economically or culturally. This does give mostly out of touch opression where the margins are the targets and the white dudes will likely get a pass, so the latter.

[Reubachi]

As an American, it is not true that most people don't have passports.

There are currently 180 million and change active issued passport to US citizens.

[egorfine]

What does it mean "out of reach culturally"? Genuine question, I'm very curious about it.

[rincebrain]

I've met a lot of people in the US who assume they cannot afford to fly anywhere, much less to another country, without having ever priced any part of it, they simply Knew from cultural osmosis they were not The Kind Of People Who Could Do That.

I am assuming that's what they meant.

[rho138]

You’re strawmanning against a point that I called out explicitly as a distinct variable that should be considered on its own totality of circumstance.

[rho138]

@gcr had the closest contact to the point I was alluding to. The world has been painted as this big scary place where there’s only violence and that can be identified from the type and behavior of people being sent here (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfield_pet-eating_hoax)

[gcr]

I’m guessing that a lot of Americans are either fearful of or indifferent to the rest of the world. My broad estimate is that maybe half of us have been outside the country.