For some reason in recent years there has been an ever-growing movement that seeks to remove all borders between countries, to erase the very concept of a country. These people seem to think that the world should, and in fact can, be a global hippie community where everybody lives in peace with everybody else, and can freely move wherever they want in harmony, unity and peace.
Clearly these people have lived their entire lives in a peaceful war-free world.
These people never seem to stop to think what exactly happens if some government or regime out there with a sizeable military force suddenly decides that hey, that's a nice country you have there. What? You have no borders and you are allowing anybody to freely enter? Well, maybe we'll be taking your lands to ourselves, place our military forces within your area, and impose our totalitarian regime onto your people, taking your money and your resources for our benefit, while oppressing your people.
Yeah. What exactly do these "no borders at all" people think should happen if some military force decides to invade, with the intent of reappropriating all the lands and resources, and effectively enslaving the people to do their work and bidding?
"Well, we can have our own military forces to defend the people from attacks."
Sure, but how exactly will you define what constitutes an attack, an act of war, and what doesn't?
If a foreign entity gathers a large amount of military forces in one place, within their own country, does that constitute an act of war worthy of military response? What if that country deploys those military forces outside of their own country, closer to your lands? How close can they get before you decide it's an act of war worthy of a response?
What if that military force invades and occupies some far-away lands on the other side of the world? Is that an act of war that deserves a military response? Are you willing to deploy military forces to the other side of the world to fight them? What if it occupies some lands a bit closer to you? How close must they come before a response is warranted? How do you define this?
After all, if there are no borders, how do you even define an illegal military invasion?
What if it's not a military force that does the invasion? What if it's more of a "soft" invasion made by more "normal" people? What happens if, let's say, 50 million people from all over the world suddenly decide to enter your lands, and start looting, pillaging, stealing, raping and killing? Or even more subtly, simply start burdening the welfare system so much that the entire economy collapses, and the welfare system with it? What if they cause an economic collapse of such magnitude that it makes the Great Depression seem like paradise in comparison?
These "no borders at all" people seem naive to the extreme. They live in this illusory world where they think that everybody in the world is good-willing and nice, and nobody wants to take advantage of others or commit crimes. They completely ignore the fact that many countries have military forces and will take advantage of other countries if they get the opportunity, via military invasion and occupation. They also completely ignore the fact that no matter how rich a country is, it still has only a limited amount of resources to maintain a welfare system. Even the richest country in the world cannot keep a welfare system for billions of people. And if these welfare systems collapse, the end result will be famine, oppression, unrest, violence and eventually war.
Clearly these people have lived their entire lives in a peaceful war-free world.
These people never seem to stop to think what exactly happens if some government or regime out there with a sizeable military force suddenly decides that hey, that's a nice country you have there. What? You have no borders and you are allowing anybody to freely enter? Well, maybe we'll be taking your lands to ourselves, place our military forces within your area, and impose our totalitarian regime onto your people, taking your money and your resources for our benefit, while oppressing your people.
Yeah. What exactly do these "no borders at all" people think should happen if some military force decides to invade, with the intent of reappropriating all the lands and resources, and effectively enslaving the people to do their work and bidding?
"Well, we can have our own military forces to defend the people from attacks."
Sure, but how exactly will you define what constitutes an attack, an act of war, and what doesn't?
If a foreign entity gathers a large amount of military forces in one place, within their own country, does that constitute an act of war worthy of military response? What if that country deploys those military forces outside of their own country, closer to your lands? How close can they get before you decide it's an act of war worthy of a response?
What if that military force invades and occupies some far-away lands on the other side of the world? Is that an act of war that deserves a military response? Are you willing to deploy military forces to the other side of the world to fight them? What if it occupies some lands a bit closer to you? How close must they come before a response is warranted? How do you define this?
After all, if there are no borders, how do you even define an illegal military invasion?
What if it's not a military force that does the invasion? What if it's more of a "soft" invasion made by more "normal" people? What happens if, let's say, 50 million people from all over the world suddenly decide to enter your lands, and start looting, pillaging, stealing, raping and killing? Or even more subtly, simply start burdening the welfare system so much that the entire economy collapses, and the welfare system with it? What if they cause an economic collapse of such magnitude that it makes the Great Depression seem like paradise in comparison?
These "no borders at all" people seem naive to the extreme. They live in this illusory world where they think that everybody in the world is good-willing and nice, and nobody wants to take advantage of others or commit crimes. They completely ignore the fact that many countries have military forces and will take advantage of other countries if they get the opportunity, via military invasion and occupation. They also completely ignore the fact that no matter how rich a country is, it still has only a limited amount of resources to maintain a welfare system. Even the richest country in the world cannot keep a welfare system for billions of people. And if these welfare systems collapse, the end result will be famine, oppression, unrest, violence and eventually war.
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