Boycott US
Overview:
The community dedicated to boycotting the US until they stop fascism, restore full democracy and start following international law.
Americans have a moral obligation to resist Donald Trump and project 2025 at every turn.
America is a flawed democracy currently being ruled by oligarchs. Stop the backslide! Dont let America become the next Hungary.
America needs to challenge the court rulings of citizens united v. fec and shelby county v. holder, protect the media, implement independent district drawing, and the single transferable vote so they don't end up having people stay home in life-changing elections because they cannot vote for their favourite candidate.
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You will be treated like other tourist if you behave like other tourists. Other tourists don't act in denial about their shortcomings. Other tourists don't think every "foreign person" wants to go to America if they can afford it. Other tourists haven't been brainwashed from a young age on American exceptionalism and just see it as a country as any other.
Stupid tourists aren't limited to America though, there are raunchy imbeciles from Australia, UK, and Canada too that leave a mess in other countries. But there are certain cultural tells that make it obvious when someone is American. For example if they get upset when a store doesn't accept USD cash. Pretty much everyone outside the US knows their money is only guaranteed to be good within their own country.
Yep, have experienced that working retail, they hand you USD, which we convert, and give CAD change. They get irate that they are American and should get USD back...buddy we don't carry USD or all foreign currency, we are doing you a service by allowing a foreign currency at all, rather than you having to go to a bank first
I struggle to imagine any reason to use cash unless you're a drug dealer. CCs will convert for you.
? Weird take. Cash is the legal tender. Credit Card is a slippery slope that gets people to overspend and extort fees. Cash is still highly used all over the works for daily transactions, even though google and apple wallet exist. Not every vendor wants MC/Visa to have a 4% cut of their sales either .
I don't mind covering CC fees to avoid the hassle/danger of cash when I'm traveling and in general tbh.
Sure but some vendors don't want to pay MC or Visa the skim % they take from profit, so cash is sometimes preferred
That's what I mean. I'm happy to cover that. Bunch of small retailers have a notice that there's a 3% surcharge for CC transactions. Well worth it for me.
Ah, I see