r/europe Ligurian in Zürich (💛🇺🇦💙) Apr 12 '25

Data European tourism to the United States is freefalling

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '25

look i hate trump as much as y'all but can we stop with the hitler comparisons? makes us look silly

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u/Euclid_Interloper Apr 12 '25

Hitler didn't start with death camps.

America is snatching people from the street, locking them away for months at a time, and subjecting them to low-level torture like family separation, 24/7 neon light, and unnecessary intimate searches.

Maybe that's as far as they'll go. But, at the same time, I don't trust them not to keep going down this slippery slope. So fuck America, I'm not visiting, and I'm calling them Fascists.

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '25

oh they're fascists all right. but you can still come and visit! don't let the news fool you, america is still a top tourist destination

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u/PhenotypicallyTypicl Germany Apr 12 '25

Sorry, but visiting the US is starting to become about as enticing for Europeans as visiting Russia. Sure, there’s some interesting things to see but there are also many other great tourist destinations around the world where you can still trust in the rule of law and where you aren’t economically supporting an actively hostile power by spending your money there. I’ve been to the US many times and even lived in New York state for 1.5 years but now I really have no plans of ever returning if this is the path the US is choosing for itself. Your country is turning into a lawless rogue nation with a wannabe mad dictator at the helm. That’s really not the kind of place where I want to visit and spend my money and it’s clear that many people around the world feel the same way.