10th Febraury'2017
"The truth is that formal borders do not create difference-they reflect it. Attempts to erase borders are both futile and destructive."
As I was reading an article in The LA Times about immigrants and different cases and in all we see different reasons for the formal border to come into existence.
The formal borders are just a representation of the difference, and the difference is caused by people, hence, the borders are just a representation of humans. We have a tendency to form borders everywhere. In our friends, in our homes, in our religion, and somewhere in us as well. We tend keep something or the other separated. It starts small and as power grows, everything gets bigger. Instead of singling a person out, we keep a whole community away through walls and fences, but we are the ones who have built them.
Today, people fight to bring these borders and walls up or down but some people forget too look at the invisible ones right in front of them. But the transparent ones were built too. They were built because of differences that were again created by us and no matter how much we try, these walls have become stainless. Therefore, attempts to erase borders are futile and destructive because they are there for a reason and the ones that have no point are scrapped down but the walls that represent mankind stay there and that is what history also tells us.
People might believe in the philosophy of a borderless world but today after so many years of war and history, it is just a fantasy.
"The truth is that formal borders do not create difference-they reflect it. Attempts to erase borders are both futile and destructive."
As I was reading an article in The LA Times about immigrants and different cases and in all we see different reasons for the formal border to come into existence.
The formal borders are just a representation of the difference, and the difference is caused by people, hence, the borders are just a representation of humans. We have a tendency to form borders everywhere. In our friends, in our homes, in our religion, and somewhere in us as well. We tend keep something or the other separated. It starts small and as power grows, everything gets bigger. Instead of singling a person out, we keep a whole community away through walls and fences, but we are the ones who have built them.
Today, people fight to bring these borders and walls up or down but some people forget too look at the invisible ones right in front of them. But the transparent ones were built too. They were built because of differences that were again created by us and no matter how much we try, these walls have become stainless. Therefore, attempts to erase borders are futile and destructive because they are there for a reason and the ones that have no point are scrapped down but the walls that represent mankind stay there and that is what history also tells us.
People might believe in the philosophy of a borderless world but today after so many years of war and history, it is just a fantasy.
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