Every nation is divided by lines—some straight, some jagged, some violently contested, others accepted out of exhausted habit. These are borders: artificially drawn boundaries that dictate where people may and may not exist, move, work, or even survive. They are often relics of colonialism, war, or power games. No baby is born with a flag. Yet that flag will determine whether that child will grow up with clean water, access to education, or even the right to stay alive.
The idea that land belongs to certain people—and not to others—is a collective delusion that we’ve institutionalized to the point of absurdity. Earth, our shared habitat, is carved up like a cake at a party no one was invited to. Borders are the embodiment of categorical thinking: a binary imposition upon a non-binary reality. They uphold imaginary hierarchies and enforce artificial scarcity, turning natural abundance into tools of exclusion.
Borders are not just physical. They are psychological, cultural, economic, and existential. They shape how we see ourselves and others: citizen vs. alien, us vs. them, safe vs. threatening. The result is polarization—a world less united, more fragmented, and ultimately, more afraid.
As someone who values logic and justice, I find borders intellectually incoherent and ethically indefensible. No human should be illegal. No one should be denied livability because of coordinates on a map. My core belief is simple: the Earth does not belong to governments. It belongs to life itself. Any political construct that denies this truth is, by definition, oppressive.
I want a paradigm shift. A move away from nationalistic gatekeeping toward planetary stewardship. A redefinition of identity based not on accident of birth, but on shared humanity. We need structures that honor autonomy without building walls. We need agreements rooted in sustainability, not sovereignty. And we need systems that prioritize well-being over belonging.
Let’s stop asking where people come from, and start asking where they are going—and how we can walk with them.
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