Working for a fully distributed company it definitely feels like it's not naive. Certainly everything won't go this way but it's a lot easier than most people think. Apart from at setup time and with public holiday schedules those borders are not very apparent.
It would require a sea change in thinking, or get people comfortable with the idea of not belonging to nations.
As you point out Nationalism has been a pretty recent development. It has mostly been enforced by indoctrination in the education systems and culture. While it has had many many issues, we have seen it reduce the number of conflicts and wars by a lot, and thus it appears to be a reasonable solution.
Whatever solution aims to replace it would have to not only overcome all of these barriers, but provide better results as well.
meheleventyone|4 years ago
EdwinLarkin|4 years ago
minikites|4 years ago
pm90|4 years ago
As you point out Nationalism has been a pretty recent development. It has mostly been enforced by indoctrination in the education systems and culture. While it has had many many issues, we have seen it reduce the number of conflicts and wars by a lot, and thus it appears to be a reasonable solution.
Whatever solution aims to replace it would have to not only overcome all of these barriers, but provide better results as well.
EdwinLarkin|4 years ago