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You are definitely trapped--no doubt about it. Fortunately, "trapped" is a continuum, not a specific point, and you're nowhere near the worst of it.
Neither am I, of course. My American passport, formerly quite useful, hardly allows me to go anywhere these days--even across the border 20 miles north of my home. But when I fret and whine about this, I do so from a comfortable chair in a modest (but paid for) home, with a variety of social supports and the distinct privilege of having been born white, middle class, and Western.
And when the current mess is resolved--maybe a couple of months, maybe a few years--I expect to resume expressing my privilege by going more or less wherever I want. Maybe we'll meet up some day, since you'll probably be doing the same...which is another way of saying we're not so trapped after all.
Mark
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