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| Borders are often based on geographical choke-points for military engagement rather than the culture, language, Two communities that share a river are not naturally different peoples because they live on opposite banks. They have to coordinate their activities to properly manage their shared biome, and that’s complicated by the existence of states that seek to divide them. | Borders are often based on geographical choke-points for military engagement rather than the culture, language, Two communities that share a river are not naturally different peoples because they live on opposite banks. They have to coordinate their activities to properly manage their shared biome, and that’s complicated by the existence of states that seek to divide them. | ||
| - | Other borders are drawn based on nothing more than invisible longitudinal lines chosen because they’re a nice round number in a numerical system invented by Babylonian astronomers. They are treaties based on the expected resource extraction to be shared by competing warlords, again with no consideration for the cultural and biological regions these compromises compromise. The state is an affront to nature. | + | Other borders are drawn based on nothing more than invisible longitudinal lines chosen because they’re a nice round number in a numerical system invented by Babylonian astronomers. They are treaties based on the expected resource extraction to be shared by competing warlords, again with no consideration for the cultural and biological regions these compromises compromise. |
| These arbitrary lines divide neighbors who would otherwise | These arbitrary lines divide neighbors who would otherwise | ||