“But on the ground in modern day, the gap-toothed border wall on the U.S. side was in the advanced stages of decay. It was an unsightly, rusted monstrosity, thoughtlessly imposing itself through the cacti masses who, until a few decades ago, had been peacefully congregating for millions of years along what was now an arbitrary line begging to be taken seriously.” AntinatalismHuman Rights QuotesGlobal CitizenshipOpen BordersAnti NationalismGlobal Citizenship QuotesBorderless WorldFree MigrationFreedom Of MovementUs Mexico Border Book:The Subtle Cause Source: The Subtle Cause
“The well-worn track was as straight as Gadsden’s ruler when the nineteenth-century U.S. diplomat had negotiated yet another strong-armed acquisition of Mexican territory to give Arizona its geometrically pleasing southern boundary. Pleasing on paper, anyway.” AntinatalismHuman Rights QuotesGlobal CitizenshipOpen BordersAnti NationalismGlobal Citizenship QuotesBorderless WorldFree MigrationFreedom Of MovementUs Mexico Border Book:The Subtle Cause Source: The Subtle Cause
“The border remains a fluid, mutating, stubbornly troubling, enthusiastically lethal region. Perhaps it's not a region at all. Maybe it's just an idea nobody can agree on. A conversation that never ends, even when it becomes an argument and all participants kick over the table and spill their drinks and stomp out of the room.” IdeasUnited StatesUsaMexicoUnited States Of AmericaUsArgumentsBorderUs Mexico Border Book:The Devil's Highway: A True Story Source: The Devil's Highway: A True Story