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Summary
A German tourist was arrested and attacked after climbing the Temple of Kukulcan at Chichen Itza, Mexico, during the spring equinox.
Video footage shows locals shouting insults and physically confronting the man as National Guard personnel detained him.
The temple, a UNESCO World Heritage site and one of the New Seven Wonders of the World, is off-limits to climbers due to preservation laws and safety concerns.
Violators face fines up to $16,000 and possible prison time.
The incident occurred amid a crowd of 8,000–9,000 visitors.
Good. Wish more locals in tourists hotspots would gang up on asshole tourists. Like Bali is infested with entitled westerners and asshole bogans. It’s the colonial mindset these tourists have.
I know a woman who is insanely entitled and is currently in Bali. I feel bad for the locals who have to experience her presence
The rise of the digital nomad is just soft colonialism with tech bros.
Colonialism is about extracting resources. Living in a low cost of living area on passive income attained globally is quite the opposite.
Is it, though? You aren’t contributing anything to the local economy or culture while simultaneously stimulating gentrification…
How is buying local goods and services not contributing to the local economy? It’s the same economic effect as tourism.
Colonialism is also about displacing native/local culture which is what a lot of these digital nomads are doing. One example I’ve seen are the digital nomads trying to stop locals from walking on the public beaches in front of their properties.
You’re not a digital nomad if you own property though, or my definition of digital nomad is wrong
I suppose the ability to rent or lease property is much easier for digital nomads than the locals. I think the definition is mostly about people who have the ability to just kind of go anywhere as their income isn’t tied to the local economy.
But, I don’t know. Read this article and maybe it’ll make more sense:
https://www.vice.com/en/article/digital-nomads-work-from-home-gentrification/
So the Turks are colonising my country 🌝 wolf or whatever they keep saying
How’s Bali
I hear it’s infested with westerners and bogans.
No shit, it’s the Paris of Indonesia. I mean, how is the place doing. During COVID they were struggling.