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There was a period from 1991-2020 where you could easily travel to any country. We took that for granted, we’ll miss it now that it’s gone.

But the second era of globalization is now over. The viral curtain has descended around the world.
Borders have returned on a level beyond what even the most ardent nationalist ever advocated.

Borders so strong they end casual tourism, bankrupt hotels & airlines, and prevent citizens from leaving quarantine. Borders that inhibit not just entrance, but exit.
There’s one silver lining though: we still have the internet. So all the cosmopolitan, international energy goes to the cloud.

Nationalist socialists control the land, internationalist capitalists still have the cloud.
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