Is the digital Nomad Movement a sort of neocolonialism?

[@nomifreimixes]

thank you for opening this dialogue and raising awareness!! this is a question i am asking myself almost daily. i have a life and people i love (local folks) in bangkok and i consider it my home. but i was *only * ever able to access and create my life there due to my western privileges and remote income. now i'm somewhere between i have this genuine love for this country, the place, the people, but i also have guilt and i don't want to perpetuate western gentrification at scale. i don't love thailand for what it gives me, but for what it is. and yet i get special falang treatment that my local friends won't ever get. it's complicated. hope to see more conversations like this! subscribing :)

[@NeurodivergentGuy2023]

Absolutely, also they don’t really bring any benefits to the country socially or economically other than putting up rent prices.

[@heymannitschriss]

12:28 Why do we need the government for that? That is our job

[@Existentialkev]

It seems like the guy who is not studying this topic for their doctorate provides more perspective and nuance

[@tokroni]

Yes. Looking at the technical skills of the nomads, SEA tech workers too can get white man's wages given the chance.