Countries shouldn't exist!

[smmg]

i think this stupid meme i threw together in like 5 seconds explains why i find it hard to engage in a majority of conversations around independence.

i had a brief look on the internet to see what other people were saying about things like this, and i've found some articles i've saved for later, but also a lot of people on reddit saying that we as humans would have to have only one culture and language in order to have no countries?? countries as they exist now are not zones that only contain one culture and one language within their borders, with absolutely no overlap into other countries (there were some bad takes on borders in relation to colonialism, but it's reddit so i sort of expected that. i do not like reddit). but that seems to be what a number of people think. a world with no countries doesn't mean everyone would have to share one unified culture/language. what a bizarre interpretation....??

Comments

[heleninwales]

Do they not know about India? Or Switzerland? Or Belgium? Just three countries that immediately came to mind as having more than one language.

[smmg]

exactly, i believe india has 400-odd native languags(?)

alternatives?

[(Anonymous)]

Some corporate CEO's would like to eliminate national (and local) governments, and rule the world all by themselves, the cabal of wealth.

I don't think that's where idealistic "no borders" types are trying to go, but I think it's where they're almost certain to get to.

Re: alternatives?

[smmg]

i think the idea (at least from my perspective) is that communities would be run more at a local level by the people, in a sort of post-capitalist society where we didn't have those big corporations. but unfortunately i don't think anything like that will happen soon, although there have been temporary autonomous zones like that in some places in the USA i believe.