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The nation state paradigm is the problem, open borders would be good for the common people but as long as the nation state collects taxes and pays for any type of welfare restricting movement is the only way for them to maintain power.

It would be fairer to say abolishing borders is good rather than trying to justify simply opening them.

Bullshit jobs and enshitification are a different thing, any sector where automation has increased productivity has absolutely not reduced workloads, it’s not even a question. Time is money after all.

really hit the nail on the head.

this is an issue of the nation state and capitalism.

Automation has increased productivity instead of reducing workloads, and while we keep capitalism around that’s all it will ever do.

Open borders is a good way for a nation state to get robbed.

There needs to be a fundamental shift in how we do globalism and if climate change wasn’t enough I doubt anything is.

I’m fond of saying food doesn’t have ingredients it is an ingredient

What the mugger does with my money after stealing it has nothing to do with me.

wouldn’t dream of it

right? Reddit was my only social media for over a decade, and I still refuse to call it that because it wasn’t directly connected to my real identity.

the place that builds all the solar panels is installing some of those solar panels