Borders of countries are fundamentally human constructs. There is no morality associated with crossing them legally or illegally. This is the difference between a law declaring something illegal because they think it is better for society (a parking ticket, say) and a law created that require moral turpitude (murder, say).

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layer8 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

Morality is a human construct as well, so I don’t quite get your point.

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DaSHacka 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

A country with no borders is not a country at all, merely an "economic zone" that can be leached until dry.

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mock-possum 2 days ago | parent [-]

What is the mechanism whereby an economic zone is leached, such that borders would protect it?

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01HNNWZ0MV43FF 2 days ago | parent [-]

I don't have hard data yet but I'm pretty sure some cities have suburbs outside them, connected via road, that rich people use as tax havens so they can live near a city without being subject to the laws and taxation of the city

	▲	array_key_first 2 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Right but if you go into a country then you're in the country, not in the outskirts. You still pay taxes (generally...), and, in many countries, don't get any social services. If anything, many formally-colonial countries are leeching off their illegal immigrants, not the other way around.
	▲	Dylan16807 2 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Countries are generally big and with cities on both sides of a border so that doesn't seem like it would be a big worry for them.

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doctorpangloss 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Ha ha, “no morality,” when it’s people you like. You’re saying pogroms aren’t immoral? That’s a “legal” border crossing!