I was reading an article on worldchanging which posed the question "Can migration change the world for the better?"
I think we need to grow up about Nationalism and Patriotism and see them for what they really are... tools to control us, we are all homo sapiens. Whilst first world governments get tough on immigrants, the migrant workers persist, in spite of the difficulty, and while the first world nations break their promises on foreign aid - the third world are doing it for themselves:
In another article on worldchanging Sarah Rich shines the spotlight on Tomas Saraceno and his exhibition On Mobility, which describes floating cities, also challenging the idea of State:
I think we need to grow up about Nationalism and Patriotism and see them for what they really are... tools to control us, we are all homo sapiens. Whilst first world governments get tough on immigrants, the migrant workers persist, in spite of the difficulty, and while the first world nations break their promises on foreign aid - the third world are doing it for themselves:
About 200 million migrants from different countries are scattered across the globe, supporting a population back home that is as big if not bigger. Were these half-billion or so people to constitute a state — migration nation — it would rank as the world’s third-largest. While some migrants go abroad with Ph.D.’s, most travel ... with modest skills but fearsome motivation. The risks migrants face are widely known, including the risk of death, but the amounts they secure for their families have just recently come into view. Migrants worldwide sent home an estimated $300 billion last year — nearly three times the world’s foreign-aid budgets combined. These sums — “remittances” — bring Morocco more money than tourism does. They bring Sri Lanka more money than tea does. ...In 22 countries, remittances exceed a tenth of the G.D.P., including Moldova (32 percent), Haiti (23 percent) and Lebanon (22 percent).
- from the NYT
In another article on worldchanging Sarah Rich shines the spotlight on Tomas Saraceno and his exhibition On Mobility, which describes floating cities, also challenging the idea of State:
These habitations would move like clouds, eliminating geographical
and political boundaries, generating human and political communities in
continuous transformation and re-definition. These airport-cities would
be freely constituted in compliance with international laws,
challenging the political, social, cultural and military restrictions
presently in effect around the world.
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