With countless ways to enter a country (naturalization, work visas, illegally) and Transnational Corporations operating comfortably outside of their home country are the boundaries separating the World's countries disappearing? Sure it is easy to say that Afghanistan and Iraq are far from creating a symbiotic relationship with the United States but how many countries whether politically, economically, or both have dependent relationships?
How does America having the number one economy truly affect the general population here? Though America having a strong economy is important for the quality of life that all citizens enjoy should we really be proud that we are Number 1( for now)? I don't think my quality of life would be any worse (though not necessarily better) if I lived in Europe. So... Why should I be patriotic? If anything since big business is holding not only are own but many other economies together maybe we should pledge our allegiance to Wal-Mart or Sony, etc. I think that with the flow of capital ever meandering from one nation to the next maybe it is time for the common man to put less faith in their country and follow where ever prosperity is in abundance. I feel that with Globalization a sedentary lifestyle is soon to be a thing of the past and while I don't see families having to pick up shop every season but; because I do think that just as it is very rare for a person to have the same job or career for that matter for the rest of their life, in fact the average person will have about 11 jobs in their lifetime, I don't see that family remaining very long in any particular area.
We saw urban sprawl when farmers had to move to the city for industrial jobs and you see migration from the suburbs to either the inner cities or rural outskirts because of gentrification so the logical next step would be to move to the country that has available employment opportunities.
I think that there soon will come a time when the boundaries of countries and the populations with in them will morph just as the landscape of this planet has from the very beginning.
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