'There are no nations. There are no peoples. There are no Russians. There are no Arabs. There are no third worlds. There is no West. There is only one holistic system of systems, one vast and immane, interwoven, interacting, multivariate, multinational dominion of dollars. Petro-dollars, electro-dollars, multi-dollars, Reichsmarks, Rins, rubles, pounds, and shekels.' - Network. 1976.
Nation is human invention. It is not real, it does not exist. Can't see borders from space. If they were real, where did the Soviet Union go? People just stopped believing in it and it was gone. Now if only that were to happen worldwide. It is one very small, very fragile, globe, after all.
And yet we still do not understand this. Not even close. We cling to the concept of nation, waving our flags, bullying and murdering - our own, and others - all in its name. Our flags in reality, veils to wrap oneself in to block out a confusing, threatening, ever changing, world, and to be used by cynical people in positions of authority to manipulate and consolidate wealth and imagined 'power.' Then again, I suppose that has always been the case. As with religion, money, 'success', prestige, patriotism, race - as most of human construct - human invention - fantasy - uniquely out of phase with our inherent goodness and our ability to stop from destroying ourselves.
It is time to evolve past these constructs in order realize our great potential and for our very survival.
Long since time.
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