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world [2026/07/04 01:52] alexworld [2026/07/04 01:53] (current) – [The illusion of 'countries'] alex
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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'. \\ \\ 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'. \\ \\
  
-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**. \\ \\+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**. \\ \\
  
 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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 +**MERMAID DIAGRAM OF FARMERS VS FARMS AND ANIMALS** \\ \\
  
 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. \\ \\ 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. \\ \\