As long as there is Democracy and Capitalism I'm Good

LOL, without borders you can't have democracy or a functioning economy. Without borders you aren't a country which means you don't have a government.

 

You want your own border because of democracy and you want to break anyone else's borders because of capitalism.
Double standard is the standard.

 

Democracy and capitalism are not necessarily synonymous. I dont see china becoming more democratic.

But I agree in the premise. The advent of the internet allows the exchange of thoughs freely across borders. The impending internet of money will eventually allow anyone to send funds to anyone directly. This will drastically change economics.

However we will always have borders. From private property, to municipal, to county, to district, to state and on up to country.
The question is will countries open up borders to allow people to live in the government they choose.. instead of ideologues trying to change the country to fit their narrative.

 

I dunno man, your basically handing the cartels the valley cities...maybe Corpus if you don't enforce borders somewhat.

 

We had those in 1862.

 

I mean if you have to ask...

 

Conflicting ideologies. . . .. intriguing

Doublethink is the act of simultaneously accepting two mutually contradictory beliefs as correct,

Rocket River

 

American politics, particularly at the strategic and executive level, is more like an on-campus IFC dispute than some Roundhead Cavalier ****.

 

Serve and volley, Chairman Cain.

 

Been thinking about borders too. I think the reason we've got more anal about borders is because of the obsolescence. National borders have long existed, and they were important on issues of controlling land and government, but not people. In early America, or in Europe in the same time, emigrating and immigrating was not controlled at the border. It was controlled by people being tied to the land by their economic necessities. Frenchmen stayed in France because that's where their farm was. Then they had the Revolution and the Frenchmen who got spooked hit the road and went to Austria or Lombardy or England or whatever. Foreigners who loved the Revolution came in. And it wasn't because of the chaos that the border wasn't controlled -- it'd never been controlled; it didn't need controlling because people didn't move that much. Now, wealth isn't tied to land, we have international markets, international travel, international communication and it has never been easier to pick up and move. You can still send money to family; you can still talk to grandma on the phone; you can still rent out your old apartment; you can still visit for Christmas and you'll be there in hours. We now have the capacity to be transnational, but governments don't want us to be transnational. They can't control people by controlling the land. So now they are trying to accomplish something that really has never been done in the history of humanity -- make a nonporous border to a free society.

 

They do fight against each other hand-to-hand-ly
Capitalism generates inequality. Democracy emphasizes equality.

Capitalism is like an addictive fatal disease, democracy is the desperate cure. That's my metaphor.