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HN is supposed to be a place for civilized discussions.

I am not allowed to go anywhere I want. There are plenty of countries refusing me entry, or access to land/property or force me to abide by strict business rule (like having a national owning > 51% of any company I might create there) this is fine. It's not my country.

Plus, your "equality" is going to create other form of inequality. Any socialist countries relies on past contributions to finance most things like healthcare or unemployment income.

In my country, immigrants are allowed to get unemployment income, without contribution anything beforehand. This just creates inequality to the ones who contributed.

You seem just obsessed with equality for the sake of it. People have history, bonding among nations take time, suffering, dedication.

You can't merely replace a Thai with a Columbian. They don't believe in the same things, they don't have the same values, they don't believe in the same God or divine figure, they don't speak the same language, they don't eat the same food, they don't use their money in the same way. It must take personal effort for someone to immigrate into another country.

> You can't merely replace a Thai with a Columbian. They don't believe in the same things, they don't have the same values, they don't believe in the same God or divine figure, they don't speak the same language, they don't eat the same food, they don't use their money in the same way.

But this is not just true for people from different countries. It's also true for people from the same country. Especially in melting-pot countries like the US, but also in more supposedly homogenous countries; you still have people who believe different things, have different values, live their lives in different ways, etc. Insisting on conformity has lead to tons of strife in the past. Civil wars have been fought over this stuff. It's much more productive to accept these differences. (At least in so far as they don't hurt anyone.)

Of course for that it's also important to be aware of and understand these differences. To bridge them, in some way. If you move to a different country, you should absolutely put some effort into understanding the local language and customs. You can't move to another country and expect to live like you did back home. If that's what you want, you should have stayed there.

But it would be nice if we lived in a world where these cultural obstacles were the only obstacles, and they weren't amplified by massive wealth inequality.

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