I dont mean places that are like ragingly anticommunist (which is most places I think), but they have like appalling social issues. Say like UAE or any of the Gulf states that use slave labor and indentured servitude on a mass scale. Like would you say visiting dubai or doha is morally questionable? A friend is offering to visit Muscat cuz there are cheap flights but I dont know if I should. Or are there ways I can ameliorate my staying there, like maybe giving money to some orgs or something. Idk what do you think

  • crispy_lol [he/him]
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    11 months ago

    Something about this strikes me as weird cope (my traveling is ok because it’s educational, when others travel it probably isn’t educational)

    Feel free to elaborate, sincerely, not trying to be an ass I’d genuinely like to be convinced otherwise as a travel cynic

    • spectre [he/him]
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      11 months ago

      I'd agree with the OP except it still has a colonial character when I do it, even if I'm doing it "more correctly" than others.

      The only exception to that I think is if you are a party or org member traveling on official business.

    • rootsbreadandmakka [he/him]
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      11 months ago

      I was referring to traveling for formal education. Study abroad would be one example of this. Any travel can of course be educational, but I was referring to traveling for academic reasons primarily.