Imagine a nation without
borders. Imagine no border patrol, but instead, a people patrol. Why
not put in place a system that permits and encourages a better life
wherever they may find themselves, or wherever they may choose to go?
Let that system no longer guard borders, but values and standards.
This is my thought. Let
America and Mexico join as one, each in full control of their
separate identities, yet working in harmony for the good of the
people. Who would be denied access? Gangs, criminals, and terrorists
would find in our new union a border impossible to breach. Could you
live in such a nation? Would you be proud to be a citizen?
The new union would be
such an institution that would serve the needs of the people;
citizens of the new union would be such as treat each other with
respect and compassion. Of course, standards would have to be
created, policies set in place. To move to a new place, one would
necessarily have to obligate oneself to the standards of that region.
Governments could no
longer claim to be powers or authorities, for they exist merely to
serve the will of the people. Police and military, under the
standards elected by the people, would hold themselves accountable to
the citizenry of the new union – for, after all, they are its
citizens, too.
Canada would hear of the
new union, and of course, they would want to join in. What might we
call a citizen of the new union? Canamexicans? Mexcamericans?
Amexadians? Regardless, it would be a society of standards. We might
say, when in Canada, do as the Canadians do – or, when in America,
or when in Mexico. The appropriate standards would insure that a
citizen has rights equal to his obligations.
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