What “profession” do you practice?
Work in the cockpit with fine folks representing at least 9 different countries, including folks from Venezuela, (one or two who support Chavez/Maduro, Some who have had family members killed by the mess) Serbia, Hungary, Indonesia, Philippians et all.
Fly regularly into China.
Been in the streets during two coups, currently in the middle of a third attempted coup
. Been in and out Southern Thailand in the aftermath of muslims murdering Buddhist monks and teachers. And to put an exclamation point to that, there is zero western interest, or influence in the area.
To say it changes one perspective in life is an obvious understatement.