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Comment by jsiaajdsdaa | Hacker News Reader

Imagine destroying an industry (travel), peoples livelihoods (tourism), and one of the major hallmarks of human experience (seeing the world) all because you want power over peoples lives.

This benefits NO ONE.

EDIT: And before anyone says it, the American system needs to be removed too!

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Although you may be against this plan, objectively we know that it will not destroy any of those things. It didn't destroy them in the United States, which continues to welcome many tourists with almost the same system.

But reducing airplane travel to help saving the planet a little bit.

Interesting take. Do you know that a vast majority of the world is required to obtain a visa to the US & Europe? Obtaining a visa is a horribly long, painful, expensive and sometimes humiliating process. The visa fees for a US visitor visa are $190. What do you think about that?

> Obtaining a visa is a horribly long, painful, expensive and sometimes humiliating process.

Indeed, as someone who lost a finger when I was a kid, it is humiliating for me every time I go through the US border and the officers order me to place my fingers for "fingerprinting". Particularly when they ask me "WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU". I hate traveling to the US and my problem is that I'm stuck on this side of the Atlantic. When I was living in Europe it was a pleasure to travel between countries. They don't assume you are a criminal, and the border officers are more intelligent/educated in Europe (even the ones in places like Bulgaria were cool).

My wife is Chinese. My father is Chilean. I added a specific section in my comment saying the USA needs to remove its policies too.

Thus, why would you comment as such? Why would you assume that I support visas and restrictions, when I have CLEARLY expressed the EXACT OPPOSITE opinion?

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