Gregory's Server
jesus christ
i just randomly started looking up info on how visas work in NL from when you're outside of the EU, and i'm slowly realising how much we're just taking freedom of movement for granted in the EU, and how much more we should really be treasuring the ability to move between countries
the idea that we're interacting and in the same social sphere as people half across the globe is radical, we're all assuming this is the default state of things, because we're so used to the internet
but the truth is... that state of things *is* radical, and the idea of countries are more solid in the fact that we cant just arbitrarily move across the globe, and those countries have the power to enforce that
and imo we should maybe be more active in asking for more global-spanning freedom of movement treaties, political understandings, etc.
the fact that we - not just on fedi, but everywhere online - can communicate with eachother as if we'd communicate to the person next to us, is radical, in today's world
sure, its normalised, but its not normalised when you consider real-world laws and other social situations, tensions, etc.
compared to that, being able to communicate with them online as equals, was previously only paralleled by *mail*, the relative universality of mail was the previous holdfast of unfettered socialisation without borders, and now the internet has replaced that, and yet the world's institutions hasn't moved closer, not really
the fact that we - not just on fedi, but everywhere online - can communicate with eachother as if we'd communicate to the person next to us, is radical, in today's world
sure, its normalised, but its not normalised when you consider real-world laws and other social situations, tensions, etc.
compared to that, being able to communicate with them online as equals, was previously only paralleled by *mail*, the relative universality of mail was the previous holdfast of unfettered socialisation without...