Ex-Labor Secretary Robert Reich Urges Global Boycott Of Travel To U.S. To Protest Trump
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It would send a clear signal, said the Bill Clinton-era Cabinet member.

Summary

Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich urged a global boycott of U.S. travel to protest Trump’s policies, warning his administration is “brutally attacking U.S. democracy.”

In a Guardian op-ed, Reich called on foreign visitors, students, and skilled workers to reconsider coming, citing economic and safety concerns. He argued withholding tourism revenue could pressure Trump.

His plea follows Trump’s anti-immigration crackdown and rising tensions with Canada.

Reich’s call comes as Canadian travel to the U.S. has already shown signs of decline.

  • barsoap@lemm.eeEnglish
    21·
    20 days ago

    There may be traces left, true, but if OP’s “The American way is to not care” ideal is lived by, what I described is exactly what you get.

    And, yes, Americans are a lot more alienated from another than pretty much any other people.

      • barsoap@lemm.eeEnglish
        31·
        20 days ago

        Pray tell, how is that rule of law going? Constructive political discourse? Good relations with your neighbours and allies?

        “Not in ruins” my ass.

        We just have a bad government.

        Because you don’t care to have a good one. Because you don’t care to look over the brim of your burger, to connect with people who do not already happen to be in your in-group. None of those groups has any allies because each is saying “fuck you, got mine”. Solidarity is a curse word. “Solidarity”? Them marchers is all commies, tell me kid are you a red??!

          • barsoap@lemm.eeEnglish
            41·
            20 days ago

            In ruins would mean the streets and buildings have decayed past the point of habitability and usability.

            You’re being overly literal. The standing of the US, its position in the world, all that is certainly in ruins. And, yes, so are plenty of buildings and infrastructure. Whole states are, economically, barely on the level of developing nations, if that.

            I live in a diverse multicultural community.

            Which is not the US. Your community might make up part of the population of the US, but what you have regarding the “more” part of “more than the sum of its parts” certainly isn’t shared with the rest. It thus isn’t part of the American civilisation, for that there would have to be a shared civilisation, a shared “more”.