> Before WW2 the state only helped those who couldn’t help themselves. Through much of human history, the state largely 'helped' the aristocracy maintain a mon

> Before WW2 the state only helped those who couldn’t help themselves. Through much of human history, the state largely 'helped' the aristocracy maintain a monopoly on wealth and power, through frequent applications of violence against their political enemies. In fact, in ~all non-democratic, and in many democratic societies, the state and the aristocracy - and thus, their interests, are often indistinguishable. But either way, what does any of that have to do with passport controls?