We all know that the west uses two different words for the same thing depending on where it is happening.
e.g. Secret Police vs Plainclothes Officer
Regime vs Government
Can we have a compilation thread of these words? I am probably using many of them unconsciously without critical examination.
I think this isn’t always true because they do mean different things. You’re not an “immigrant” unless you’re trying to stay there permanently, whereas “expats” can be sort of transient
In practice, people from the global south who are working for only a few years in rich countries are never called expats.
Unless you are a white person in Asia. Then you call yourself an expat even if you’ve been there for decades.
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