This is probably a little too much nuance, but whenever I see a "all borders are violence" post (a political position I generally agree with!) I always add a little asterisk that says "*but the border checks that keep you from bringing homegrown produce into big agricultural areas to avoid the transmission of parasites and invasive species are actually fine and if we were more vigilant about that kind of thing maybe we wouldn't have spotted lanternflies in the states."
That doesn't work as well as a slogan, though
Things borders should be for:
Biosecurity
Customs management (you do not want people importing a bunch of stuff that doesn't meet your country's safety standards, for example)
Things like that one lake in Europe where three national borders coincide and they built an island specifically so you can run between countries for fun
Things borders shouldn't be for:
Policing who can and can't come into a country
To keep people out if your neighbors want to murder you and have for dozens? hundred? or thousands of years!).
— speaking of!
hey Ukraine how are you?
Finland how is your Russian border?
Taiwan you okay?
Kurdistan you doing okay?
AEU you good?
Saudi Arabia how’s that border with Iran treating with you?
Egypt and Chad question: how is the border with Sudan?
Mongolia how is your border with Russia? Everything good there? No encroachment?
Georgia? Poland? Romania? All good?
Nepal, you ever look at the formerly free state of Tibet that is now China and get a little nervous about your border security?
Kashmir is perfectly managed? No violence between India and Pakistan?
Afghanistan, run by the organization that does not let its women speak in public, should not have monitoring with traffic out of the country?
Sure. Okay yeah borders have no security purpose. 🙄
I’m old and I got driven out of all the fun places online so I don’t care anymore. So. Seriously. Fuck it. Seriously?
I want to live in your world Kim. I really do.
Where there hasn’t been a war of aggression against Ukraine since 2022.
Where Iran’s response to military targets being hit has to attract 10 states in the Gulf in Mediterranean.
Where India and Pakistan have been in skirmish border conflicts for 80 years.
Where the DMZ between the Koreas is still very dangerous.
Where China is still a threat to Taiwan.
Where Islamist Sudan Paramilitary Forces are committing genocide that only stops at the border because the military stops it.
Like… I want that world.
Wake me up after you different better less violent revolution.
im afraid we koombayahed a little too close to the sun, now people on dying website seem to think boarders are just there to give the state reasons to be violent.
Op and first responder do not live next to countries that are hostile to them. The ignorance of privledge at its finest




















