• mkwt@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    You know all throughout the cold war the USA was famous for no exit visas, no exit immigration controls. Just get on a plane and go, if you want to leave. It was a distinct contrast from the USSR that not only tightly controlled emigration; they also ran an internal passport system.

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      4 days ago

      Capt. Vasili Borodin: I will live in Montana. And I will marry a round American woman and raise rabbits, and she will cook them for me. And I will have a pickup truck… maybe even a “recreational vehicle.” And drive from state to state. Do they let you do that?

      Captain Ramius: I suppose.

      Capt. Vasili Borodin: No papers?

      Captain Ramius: No papers, state to state.