U. S. Expats Are Revealing The "We're Being Scammed" Realizations They Had After Moving Abroad

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99. Not quite sure what you're saying--do you mean that...

...a passport was not required of US citizens at Canadian border crossings? I think that may have been true quite some time ago, but I also think that hasn't been the case for some time as well. Mexico I don't know about...I vaguely recall that the passport card was OK for cruises and border crossings but not air travel. But it's been years since I traveled without a passport, even domestically, so I'm not really current when it comes to these things.

Morris Berman's point is that in the days before 9/11, very few Americans (15%) carried passports, because very few ever traveled outside the country. (That number increased somewhat after 9/11 because of changes in the law). Berman argues, with some convincing evidence, that many--and maybe most--Americans are just not too curious about the world. This argument is pervasive throughout Berman's entire "America trilogy" of books.

FFI, see this link: https://democraticunderground.com/100219874593#post43