I'm British, white, male, aged 60-ish.

Prior to February 2016 I typically visited the USA 3 times a year for up to six weeks.

Since February 2016 I have visited the USA twice in a decade, for a total of 10 days.

Entering the USA as a foreigner, with a Republican POTUS in the White House, *never* felt safe, but under Trump it looks diabolically dangerous. (And to a glance I resemble "one of them": I'm not female or dark-skinned.)

It seems there's _always_ something else at play, some other 'plan' underneath and behind whatever it is that's stated at face value, so this makes sense in that context.

Being in control isn't one directional, it's about every direction all at once, and when there's a built-in byproduct in some 'new rule' to guarantee even more control, they'll use it, exploit it, and look for another dozen offshoots to cement even more control.

@lumiworx correct. A squeezing, like from a python.

I have tried to tell people that walls keep people in just as effectively as they keep people out. Control is, as you say, the key.

@babaq
Do not claim China is like magaland, entry is easy people are friendly, travelling internally is also easy especially by train.

With exception of luxury restaurants and hotels costs are low.

There is absolutely no feeling of oppression despite cameras pretty much everywhere.

No masked gangs of thugs dragging people in to unmarked limousines in every town visited.

Yes there are problems but magaland is now land of the unfree no 1

@revk Yeah I'm like you and have used hundreds of different email addresses, depending on context.

And in terms of family telephone numbers, what definition of family are they using, does this include spouse? Children? Siblings? Parents? Cousins? Niblings? I'm not certain I even have some of their phone numbers. What about if said family members are juvenile?

In terms of social media, what counts? Discord? Forums? What if my social media accounts (like FB and LI) is restricted, do I need to give them access to it?

Terrible idea.