I am American and I have never seen photos like this. I had no idea there are borders like this. Even though I LOVE the idea of open borders, I am staring at these pictures like “wait…people can just…walk across some stones or grass and BE IN ANOTHER COUNTRY??? and nobody stops them?? how does that WORK?!” So you can tell that my country’s propaganda has gotten to me by convincing me that this CAN’T work even though…it…obviously can.
These pics just seem unreal to me. I’ve been taught my whole life that this can’t exist. In 27 years no one has ever sat me down and gone, look, here’s how it is elsewhere. It isn’t impossible at all.
I want to add something, but I’d just be restating what they said. I.. didn’t know peace and kindness like this was possible.
Why did the chicken cross the border?
To get to Belgium
I’m sorry, I had to.
But on a more serious note: Aside from the political side of it, I’d like to point out, as exemplified by many of the photos above where the border runs along some peaceful little river or through a forest, that open borders are also massively better for the environment and less disruptive to ecosystems.
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