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Passports Were a “Temporary” War Measure

70 pointsby bloomcaover 8 years ago

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bloomcaover 8 years ago
So, no responses so far. It is very interesting for me, how different the world would be without such precautions, and is it possible at all – which metrics would serve as &quot;suspicion&quot; instead of color of your passport?<p>I think it is possible actually, but the world would be much less &quot;sharing&quot;, and social care would be developed much less (like in USA some time ago, where you basically had to survive all by yourself).<p>As a russian, I&#x27;ve encountered this few times, that countries are not very happy to invite me – I have to apply for UK visa ~6 months in advance with full itinerary, and same for few other countries with strict rules. Other are easier, but still, for the &quot;developed&quot; world, I am at the level of some refugee. Yeah, I know, I can have 5 previous successfull visas, have few millions saved in my homeland, but as a young person, it is pretty hard – and is true discrimanation; but I understand it&#x27;s roots completely and don&#x27;t complain about it, it just makes me laugh how different one&#x27;s possibilities could be based on random things.
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