• DrakeAlbrecht@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    US Government: “Foreigners are not welcome here!”

    Foreigners: stop coming here

    US Government: surprised Pikachu

    • DupaCycki@lemmy.world
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      10 hours ago

      To be fair, Japan is doing pretty much the exact same thing, and tourism to Japan in 2026 dropped by only 2.6% so far compared to 2025, as per their own tourism statistics.

      https://statistics.jnto.go.jp/en/graph/

      Tourism in Nazi Germany was fine for the most part, too.

      You have to remember that tourists are, generally speaking, richer people, since poor people just can’t afford to travel. And statistically speaking, as you grow richer, you care less about people, the world, anything really.

      As we’ve clearly seen with the recent Fifa World Cup.

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        9 hours ago

        the exact same thing

        Oh, I’m sorry, I must have missed the news where Japan will demand your devices’ and social media accounts’ passwords on entry, or that they have secret police prowling the streets looking to jail and/or deport you to a random country for pretty much no reason.

      • KalSeth@lemmy.ca
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        8 hours ago

        Yes. After all that is going down in Nazi America it was the price of fuel being too high that is the reason I have been hearing for Snow birds not going this year. Thanks Obama.