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That might work if all countries had similar culture, values, standards of living and agreements over things like how healthcare should be paid for. In reality,
by jiggy2011 12y ago
That might work if all countries had similar culture, values, standards of living and agreements over things like how healthcare should be paid for. In reality, if a first world country opens it's borders to the rest of the world , even if the agreement is reciprocal then most of the traffic is going one way as people try and converge on the source of wealth. We already have this problem within the UK when trying to cram so many people into London.
It also raises questions like, if I can live and work wherever I want why should I only be able to vote in one fixed arbitrary place?
- arrrg 12y agoYes, and abolishing slavery was also hard … (I do explicitly not want to compare the severity and impact of borders to the severity and impact of slavery or even racism today. It’s an analogy.) I know there are practical issues in the way that prevent abolishing borders. I know this won’t happen quickly, probably not during my lifetime, probably not in a couple centuries, but working towards a world where this is possible seems like a worthwhile goal to me. Why should people be arbitrarily bound to the place they were born? It’s insanity and highly unethical.
- a8da6b0c91d 12y agoI look forward to hearing your tune when 2,000 illiterate indians show up in your neighborhood and start publicly defecating all over the place. http://www.poo2loo.com/ http://www.poo2loo.com/