We’ve self censored regarding the state narrative on Israel/Palestine our entire lives in the west

Just because the censorship is outsourced to the private sector, mostly, doesn’t make the day to day any different when you rely on support of the private sector, alongside discretionary support from the state

Visa holders are experiencing detainment for this specific thing, this cycle. And in other western democracies anyone can be fined and imprisoned for it as well

Wishful thinking that there is imperviousness to disagreeing with the state narrative in the west

The reality is that it’s not always on the mind 100% of the time and you learn to appreciate the day to day life under Eastern and Western authoritarian systems