Dollars are cheap

[Dave S]

On Sunday 20 January 2008, K9 Kai Niggemann wrote:
> Domestic manufacturers, for example.

So businesses, not people.

That was basically what I was getting at - that national borders don't really 
do much for ordinary people except keep us imprisoned.  OK, often we are able 
to choose to leave one prison and go to another one which is slightly nicer 
(if they'll take us), but really, all these imaginary lines drawn in the 
ground just serve to divide us, and keep us subservient to (and often unable 
to escape from) the people with the power and the money.

As far as I'm concerned, I'm a citizen (or perhaps just a temporary custodian) 
of planet Earth, which is a subset of being a citizen (or perhaps just a 
temporary custodian) of the Universe.

The Earth does not belong to us - we belong to the Earth.  Drawing imaginary 
lines to carve up and "claim" something which *we* belong *to* makes no sense 
whatsoever, if you ask me.

Of course, it makes perfect sense if you see other people as mere objects 
which belong to you...

Cheers,

~Dave