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modern borders, as a fence where people aren't allowed to cross is a colonial invention.
and honestly, arguing semantics and history is a fun tangent but not what I care about.
everyone should be free to travel and live/work/study wherever they please. and an immigrant and a local should have the same rights and opportunities.
that is separate to the point of "we should make their places better so they don't need to migrate" which I agree, but need to note the western chauvinism in that statements. it would be enough if the west stopped messing and exploiting those nations, forcing them into poverty.
No, they're not. They exist among countries that were historically colonized or were historically colonizers. Obviously.
That's not a "semantic" argument, it's understanding a basic and obvious fact.
you are focusing on the least important issue here. Are you upset I called someone "colonial".
the real problem is that borders are stupid and shouldn't restrain people