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> Nationality is ultimately an obsolete concept. Then why don't you give up yours? > What rational basis is there for people having varying rights and privile
by aikah 12y ago
> Nationality is ultimately an obsolete concept.
Then why don't you give up yours?
> What rational basis is there for people having varying rights and privileges based on what side of an invisible line they currently reside on, or at what latitude and longitude on planet earth they were born?
Same can be said about private property. What the rational basis. Are you ready to give up the concept of ownership? I'd be glad to settle in your home, eat your food and poop in your toilets without flushing.
> This is in no way an argument for anarchism.
> Political subdivisions are necessary for representing the people within them and balancing their interests against the other subdivisions.
But that's exactly what nations are.
> But there is no reason why any person should be excluded from basic rights and privileges because they aren't "owned" by any particular subdivision.
But you just said Political subdivisions are necessary ...