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Chapter 14

The World of the 22nd Century:
The Time to End Nationalism

It is relatively easy for me to renounce all religions. If I want, I can even renounce God, the Creator. But it is quite a different matter if I want to renounce all countries. There is today no passport for those who claim citizenship of the Blue Planet alone. Artificial lines have been drawn in the mud and water. A huge wastage of effort is involved to pass from one side to the other. Guns point at each other across these temporary barriers.