Everyone thinks it’s just the others that have to worry, and give the authorities the benefit of the doubt, assuming they have good reasons for screwing who they do. They don’t necessarily have reasons at all, let alone good ones. They are dumb and mean and don’t care whom they hurt in their dragnets, as long as they make their numbers. And if you could be said to represent a group the administration wants to target you will make their quota and they will lie to say you deserved it. Just as Pretti and Good were lied about to justify their summary executions, it doesn’t matter if it’s provably false, enough people, and the justice system, trusts, or pretends to trust the authorities, just like those travellers in question might.
Brave of the US to assume that foreign travelers will want to visit!
Some people are not in the loop. I saw a post recently from someone who was even considering moving there.
Everyone thinks it’s just the others that have to worry, and give the authorities the benefit of the doubt, assuming they have good reasons for screwing who they do. They don’t necessarily have reasons at all, let alone good ones. They are dumb and mean and don’t care whom they hurt in their dragnets, as long as they make their numbers. And if you could be said to represent a group the administration wants to target you will make their quota and they will lie to say you deserved it. Just as Pretti and Good were lied about to justify their summary executions, it doesn’t matter if it’s provably false, enough people, and the justice system, trusts, or pretends to trust the authorities, just like those travellers in question might.