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Re:Most Europeans believe their countries are more polarised... by amiga-workbench on Monday April 23, 2018 @12:06PM (#16904637)
For the record I didn't downvote.

Your comment has raised some interesting questions for me, would true freedom of movement would seem to undermine the traditional nation state and the will of its people?

At the very least it would massively change what it means to belong to a nation, it could largely erase that belonging.

It would be such a different world to live in, national identity is already a tough thing to quantify and reason about.

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Re:Most Europeans believe their countries are more polarised... by eeZah7Ux on Monday April 23, 2018 @07:24PM (#16908373)
It's well known that ultra-nationalist governments thorough history has been always very strict with both immigration and emigration.

Also ideas (books, movies, even music...) can influence a country even more than immigrants. Unsurprisingly, heavy censorship is very common dictatorships.

It's interesting to look at what rich and poor countries import and export ideas, ranging from academic research, literature, art to popular movies...

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