His point is a red herring, but your response is also confused: why do you believe that those lines are a cause, vice a corresponding effect?rampaging-poet wrote:... because it would be better if there weren't arbitrary lines on a map that determined who did and didn't have enough electricity to stay awake at night?Occluded Sun wrote:Countries are a very important factor in societies. And I find it difficult to imagine why anyone would want that to be otherwise.
So why is NAFTA the Great Satan among populists?
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Yes, this. Do you really think that "town split down the middle"-picture illustrates anything other than the absurdity of the current situation?... because it would be better if there weren't arbitrary lines on a map that determined who did and didn't have enough electricity to stay awake at night?
Of course it's important. And it's bad that it's important. Things that screw people over for arbitrary reasons should not be important, they should be done away with.
Edit to fectin: The literal lines themselves obviously aren't a cause of anything. But the patchwork of regions with different laws, policies and economic structures (countries) that get in the way of globalization today cause all kinds of problems with perverse incentives, tragedy of the commons, inefficiency and misaimed or completely unnecessary conflict.
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