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USA not qualifying for any of the top three tiers!

sdfghswe 3y ago
USA not qualifying because the USA is very hated by locally powerful countries that don't like that the USA doesn't let them run amok, e.g. Russia, China, Iran.
- tredre3 3y ago
  How dare sovereign nations not want the USA to meddle in their internal affairs!
  - sdfghswe 3y ago
    I was thinking their external affairs. I don't think most westerners give a fuck what Russia is doing internally. But sure, whatever makes you feel better.
    - trandango 3y ago
      So you must not have seen all the news about westerners having a problem with these internal Russian laws https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66200194 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66200194 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63747732 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63747732 https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/14/europe/russia-lgbtq-rights-gender-reassignment-surgery-intl/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/14/europe/russia-lgbtq-rights-ge... https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/05/europe/russia-lgbtq-propaganda-law-signed-by-putin-intl/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/05/europe/russia-lgbtq-propagand...
      - olddustytrail 3y ago
        I certainly didn't because they're obscure side stories that nobody reads. Honestly, I doubt anyone I know has ever heard of these Russian laws.
        pfannkuchen 3y ago
        People are definitely unhappy with human rights type issues in e.g. Iran and Russia, such as treatment of women or LGB people inside the country.
- goodbyesf 3y ago
  @dang - flamebait alert.
devilbunny 3y ago
Differences between US and Singapore that actually require work before arrival and are worse for the US: Belarus, Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, Djibouti, Ghana, Guinea, Iran, Kenya, Myanmar, Uganda, Vietnam. Everything else is either visa on arrival or the same between the two (or worse for Singapore). I'd like to see Cuba and Iran. Maybe Vietnam. Kenya, I've been to, although at the time the visa was granted at entry (though it was not free). And not all of the e-visas are free. But in the grand scheme of things, my US passport makes it harder in four countries I would ever have an interest in going to unless there was something spectacular I don't know about. Seems like it's a pretty minor thing, not like it was in the early 90s when I needed a Taiwanese visa that required going to a consulate. Pretty much all "rich country" citizen issues boil down to a handful of highly restrictive states and a few that have particular issues with the US government. It's not really limiting me the way that, say, an Indian passport would.

USA not qualifying because the USA is very hated by locally powerful countries that don't like that the USA doesn't let them run amok, e.g. Russia, China, Iran.

tredre3 3y ago
How dare sovereign nations not want the USA to meddle in their internal affairs!
- sdfghswe 3y ago
  I was thinking their external affairs. I don't think most westerners give a fuck what Russia is doing internally. But sure, whatever makes you feel better.
  - trandango 3y ago
    So you must not have seen all the news about westerners having a problem with these internal Russian laws https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66200194 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66200194 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63747732 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63747732 https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/14/europe/russia-lgbtq-rights-gender-reassignment-surgery-intl/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/14/europe/russia-lgbtq-rights-ge... https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/05/europe/russia-lgbtq-propaganda-law-signed-by-putin-intl/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/05/europe/russia-lgbtq-propagand...
    - olddustytrail 3y ago
      I certainly didn't because they're obscure side stories that nobody reads. Honestly, I doubt anyone I know has ever heard of these Russian laws.
      - pfannkuchen 3y ago
        People are definitely unhappy with human rights type issues in e.g. Iran and Russia, such as treatment of women or LGB people inside the country.
goodbyesf 3y ago
@dang - flamebait alert.

devilbunny 3y ago

Differences between US and Singapore that actually require work before arrival and are worse for the US: Belarus, Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, Djibouti, Ghana, Guinea, Iran, Kenya, Myanmar, Uganda, Vietnam. Everything else is either visa on arrival or the same between the two (or worse for Singapore). I'd like to see Cuba and Iran. Maybe Vietnam. Kenya, I've been to, although at the time the visa was granted at entry (though it was not free). And not all of the e-visas are free. But in the grand scheme of things, my US passport makes it harder in four countries I would ever have an interest in going to unless there was something spectacular I don't know about. Seems like it's a pretty minor thing, not like it was in the early 90s when I needed a Taiwanese visa that required going to a consulate. Pretty much all "rich country" citizen issues boil down to a handful of highly restrictive states and a few that have particular issues with the US government. It's not really limiting me the way that, say, an Indian passport would.