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This is one of many reasons that Nations as a concept are rapidly becoming obsolete and will eventually be forgotten once there isn't enough profit in them.
by FussyZeus 11y ago
This is one of many reasons that Nations as a concept are rapidly becoming obsolete and will eventually be forgotten once there isn't enough profit in them.
- zo1 11y agoThere is ample "profit" to be made in each individual state, so I don't see that happening anytime soon. If you solve the "problems" of protectionism and globalization, then you might just get to a point where the concept of "multiple nation states" could become obsolete.
- FussyZeus 11y agoWe're already solving the problems of globalization, and even if we weren't governments are getting more and more de-fanged to resist the corporations. People by and large don't care about the environment, most say they do but if we told them we could save a big portion of it by eliminating Amazon Prime, most people would opt to keep the quick shipping I think.
- TeMPOraL 11y agoA big part of the general population has their personal identities closely tied with their country (it's known as patriotism). We'll need to find a good substitute for that before trying to obsolete nation states. Case in point - a lot of EU citizens, politicians in European Parliament included, feel that the whole Union business is about robbing them out of national identity, and therefore do their best to sabotage the entire effort. Maybe the young generation will feel different about it though; as the world gets more interconnected, younger people seem to care less and less about nations.