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| The world is not a community of countries in some kind of large scale competition with each other, but a singular hierarchy that cares not about borders or 'leaders' or (for the most part) statutory laws. You may think of countries as labour plantations - this is actually how they were referred to when monopolies over regions were granted by British Royals as with the Hudson's Bay Company Royal Charter. \\ \\ | ===== The illusion of 'countries' ===== |
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| | The world is not a community of countries in some kind of large scale competition with each other, but a singular hierarchy that cares not about borders or 'leaders' or (for the most part) statutory laws. We've all heard about colonisers establishing arbitrary boundaries which are otherwise meaningless to tribal groups in the middle east and elsewhere, but somehow we fail to see the correlation with our own 'nations'. \\ \\ |
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| | You may think of countries as labour **plantations** - this is actually how they were referred to when monopolies over regions were granted by British Royals as with the **Hudson's Bay Company Royal Charter**. \\ \\ |
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| In this way, a country is akin to a farm - the borders are only significant for the animals which are being exploited inside them. The owners of said farms have no loyalty towards one farm or another, or to the animals residing inside them. They farmers move freely between these farms and collude with other farmers at their convenience. \\ \\ | In this way, a country is akin to a farm - the borders are only significant for the animals which are being exploited inside them. The owners of said farms have no loyalty towards one farm or another, or to the animals residing inside them. They farmers move freely between these farms and collude with other farmers at their convenience. \\ \\ |
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| Public spectacles like the Olympic games, national anthems and flags all give individuals a feeling of identity or 'in-group ownership' for the particular farm they were born into. | **MERMAID DIAGRAM OF FARMERS VS FARMS AND ANIMALS** \\ \\ |
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| | Public spectacles like the Olympic games, national anthems and flags all give individuals a feeling of identity or 'in-group ownership' for the particular farm they were born into. \\ \\ |
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| In reality their 'citizenship' - while appearing to be an 'asset' - is more of a tool for the farm (country) owners to 'trade' their 'animals' (in the form of labour) from one farm to another. If a particular person demonstrates enough aptitude and work-ethic, they may be issued a 'visa' and granted an opportunity to contribute their labour to another farm. We perceive this visa as being issued by (and 'coming from) the destination country, but how much does a cow know about a deal between two farmers? \\ \\ | In reality their 'citizenship' - while appearing to be an 'asset' - is more of a tool for the farm (country) owners to 'trade' their 'animals' (in the form of labour) from one farm to another. If a particular person demonstrates enough aptitude and work-ethic, they may be issued a 'visa' and granted an opportunity to contribute their labour to another farm. We perceive this visa as being issued by (and 'coming from) the destination country, but how much does a cow know about a deal between two farmers? \\ \\ |
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