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+# Open Borders
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+- To have [[open borders]] seems reasonable and obvious if we recognize that material conditions are essentially assigned arbitrarily to us at birth.
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+[open borders]: open-borders "Open Borders"
+[//end]: # "Autogenerated link references"
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 - An [[open nation]] is any nation organized around compassionate [[open ethics]].
   - [[Flancia]] is an open nation.
+  - Most [[open nations]] have [[open borders]].
 
 
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