He is not a geographer or an explorer, but he is obsessed with borders and maps. One of Donald Trump’s immediate decisions has consisted of declaring the national emergency on the southern border. He has sent the army and is making raids against migrants: the border as a place where national security and prosperity are played. What century is that idea? Of barbarian invasions at least.
When Trump claims to annex Canada or buy Greenland, he is talking about expanding the borders of the United States: an anachronism. It looks like an old rule of the nineteenth century, when the greatness of countries was understood in physical terms, because more territory meant more natural wealth. Today attention moves much of the economy, and is global. His technomillonarios dogs know that the digital world lacks borders, but they will say nothing so as not to disturb the boss’s TOC. It is quite deranged is already.
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