If you are born in a small country, you’re stuck in a small geographic area out of a massive world. I mean sure you can travel, but its really hard to permanently move somewhere unless you have special skills or something.

If your country goes through autocratization, you kinda fucked.

I wish the future just have one “Worldwide Schengen”.

I mean, right now we have: visas, passports, citizenships, like wtf. So tribalistic…

  • hanrahan@piefed.socialEnglish
    2·
    14 hours ago

    i’m from Australia and i can only agree. i wish Australia woukd at least try and join the EU for easier cross border travel

    • MacN'Cheezus@lemmy.today
      2·
      16 hours ago

      This might surprise you, but there are actually a lot of rules about when and how money is allowed to move between countries, starting with the fact that you’re generally not allowed to bring more than $10,000 in cash with you when crossing an international border.

    • Photuris@lemmy.ml
      13·
      2 days ago

      Yes. I’m for free trade agreements, so long as those agreements include the free movement of labor just as much as the free movement of capital.

  • Lembot_0004@discuss.online
    28·
    2 days ago

    Nationalists: No! You should sit here! And to make sure that you will stay, we will do everything possible to make sure that you know only the local language used only in this tiny country.

    • FerretyFever0@fedia.io
      4·
      1 day ago

      And you only get to understand the culture of your specific region of your tiny country, no understanding the beliefs of others!

  • Cousin Mose@lemmy.hogru.ch
    13·
    1 day ago

    When it comes to immigration in the US I feel the exact same way. As some privileged pasty white guy born here I just couldn’t give a rat’s ass if someone crosses the imaginary line illegally. Sure, if they commit a crime they might have to go to jail — but the way the current regime I mean administration is handling things is way off base.

    I bring all this up because I kind of thought most of the left here thought the same way as I did but I’ve seen over the past couple years that even my side of the political aisle is in support of fucking over immigrants too.

  • zout@fedia.io
    6·
    2 days ago

    I live in the Netherlands. Please don’t feel sorry for us, there’s a lot of assholes over here, and we’ve got a pretty good life going.

      • zout@fedia.io
        1·
        22 hours ago

        We do, but our government has decided in all wisdom to reinstate the border patrol because of Islamophobia. Germany did the same thing earlier, so we’re slowly going back to pre-1992 days.

  • TurboWafflz@lemmy.world
    6·
    2 days ago

    Between borders and places with dangerous governments or wars there’s just so much of the world a lot of people can never see

  • hitmyspot@aussie.zone
    1·
    1 day ago

    As an Irish person that spent summers in USA on a work visa, and loved in the UK for years and no love in Australia, of disagree. I do think less borders would be good, but small countries can offer options of they have agreements with other countries.

    Ireland is part of the eu, which automatically opens lots of options, visa free.

  • notsosure@sh.itjust.works
    15·
    22 hours ago

    Every disadvantage offers opportunity. Living in Lichtenstein, Vatican City or a pacific island state probably has something going for it. Find the advantage and use it.

  • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
    21·
    2 days ago

    I’m all for free travel across borders, and simpler ways to support legal emigration/change of citizenship. But I’m highly suspicious of any whole-world government. Because even if it’s founded in decency and humanitarianism, there will come the inevitable day when it falls into the hands of the corrupt, who will exploit, undermine, and finally countermand all its wholesome measures. And there will be nowhere to run.