Finally using my free time to read properly the brilliant book I had only previously skimmed, by @aesager, called Against Borders.
Unsurprisingly, it's a book that argues against border controls. & does so very convincingly. But my favourite quote so far deals with the doubters-
Unsurprisingly, it's a book that argues against border controls. & does so very convincingly. But my favourite quote so far deals with the doubters-
"The claim that something is unrealistic often evokes an emotional response, rather than encouraging a clearheaded investigation into reality.
"It biases us in favour of dominant perceptions of the status quo...
"It biases us in favour of dominant perceptions of the status quo...
"The infeasibility of open borders is more frequently assumed than argued
"And the appeal to 'realism' is too often a rhetorical trick to dismiss, rather than rebut, opponents."
"And the appeal to 'realism' is too often a rhetorical trick to dismiss, rather than rebut, opponents."
THANK YOU.
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