It's not even by place of birth. It's just by the fiction about the "ownership" of that place that prevailed at the time of one's birth. All of these squiggles across maps exist only to the extent that our children believe the lies we share with them.
It would be funny to hear what cats thought of the notion of nation states. Maybe this is why they adopt us as pets - to try and civilise us?
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Date: 2015-07-02 11:37 am (UTC)It would be funny to hear what cats thought of the notion of nation states. Maybe this is why they adopt us as pets - to try and civilise us?