>As a citizen of the United States, however, our law does indeed entitle me to things that foreign guests have zero expectation or entitlement to.

Based on what? It's a set of arbitrary rules applied within an arbitrarily defined geographical area. Some people may have decided at some point in history to treat you differently and with more respect than other fellow humans. Some other people may want to treat everyone fairly.

All of this is a moral construction. What's for certain though is that you did nothing to deserve to be born where you're born. It follows that you didn't do anything to deserve more rights.

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esseph 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

For a lot of Americans, more than you might think, there is this belief that America is #1 in everything because it was Chosen By God, and Manifest Destiny is still real.

They were born in the US because god wanted it, so they are the best. God cannot be wrong.

I came across this mindset a LOT growing up.

	▲	K0balt 12 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It would be so comforting to be able to actually believe this. I often wish I was born with an intact herd mentality, it must be so serene.

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15155 a day ago | parent | prev [-]

I'm not going to opine on philosophy. These "arbitrary rules" are the supreme law of the land, backed by the application of violence and our economy.

> Some other people may want to treat everyone fairly

"Fair" is a subjective term: are we obligated to provide an economic social safety net for the entire world regardless of contribution? (No.)

Thankfully, in a democracy, we decide collectively as a society what "fair" is.

> It follows that you didn't do anything to deserve more rights.

Ok? The legal fact of the matter is that I do indeed have more rights than a foreigner. Those same foreigners have more rights than I do in their home countries. This has been a constant theme since the dawn of civilization, and isn't going to change any time soon.