I appreciate this attempt to articulate a nuanced, dispassionate position at a time when emotions are running high.
I'd argue that technology is a major contributing factor to this ongoing crisis. Digital conditions privilege virtual community over embodied community and eliminate the friction from cross-border collaboration. Crypto promises to de-center the dollar, one of the few remaining symbols of national unity. Is it any wonder that the rising generation is significantly less inclined to view citizenship as a distinguishing feature of identity? When one's nationality is experienced as accidental rather than essential, it's a short step to experiencing it as actually oppressive.
I'd be interested in reading your thoughts on this subject. You're in a unique position to analyze the relationship between the nation state and the empire of digital.
I agree with that -- although I'm not sure that's driving migration so as driving the lack of response. I think that people have really lost an appreciation for in person community and its importance -- and what keeps it alive. I've been writing on that to some extent.
At the same time, it's more justification that people should "remain where they are."
I don't really like the idea of us all being atomized and only interacting through transactional relationships with the state, or online.
I appreciate this attempt to articulate a nuanced, dispassionate position at a time when emotions are running high.
I'd argue that technology is a major contributing factor to this ongoing crisis. Digital conditions privilege virtual community over embodied community and eliminate the friction from cross-border collaboration. Crypto promises to de-center the dollar, one of the few remaining symbols of national unity. Is it any wonder that the rising generation is significantly less inclined to view citizenship as a distinguishing feature of identity? When one's nationality is experienced as accidental rather than essential, it's a short step to experiencing it as actually oppressive.
I'd be interested in reading your thoughts on this subject. You're in a unique position to analyze the relationship between the nation state and the empire of digital.
I agree with that -- although I'm not sure that's driving migration so as driving the lack of response. I think that people have really lost an appreciation for in person community and its importance -- and what keeps it alive. I've been writing on that to some extent.
At the same time, it's more justification that people should "remain where they are."
I don't really like the idea of us all being atomized and only interacting through transactional relationships with the state, or online.