That thread about moving to Bali as an American hits me in all the wrong ways knowing that Americans weren't taught how fucked up Indonesia has been to West Papua. That Indonesian soldiers literally kill West Papuans, every day. Moving there, even visiting, perpetuates that death
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Emotional overreaction.. There was nothing in her blog that was disrespectful to Bali, its people, it’s past or its present.. A country can be both beautiful & peaceful while simultaneously being full of pain & atrocities, past & present. She shared her perspective
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and I went through the thread and saw the gentrification responses. They came off to me like a saviour..the people of Bali are the ones who will suffer when hordes of wealthy people flock there to escape their country's problems. Similar to Hawai'i, Guam, and so many..