National borders correspond to healthy psychological boundaries, but instead of them being the psychological boundaries of an individual person, they are the psychological boundaries of a collective nation. Healthy boundaries are not a barrier block…
National borders correspond to healthy psychological boundaries, but instead of them being the psychological boundaries of an individual person, they are the psychological boundaries of a collective nation. Healthy boundaries are not a barrier blocking everyone out, nor are they an open sponge allowing everyone in, but they're more like a filter that filters out unwanted behaviors and allows in wanted behaviors. Another way of seeing a boundary is as a minimum standard of conduct that will maintain healthy interactions, for example "I'm more than happy to interact with you when your tone of voice is calm and civil like mine," or "I'm more than happy to interact with you when you also display some intellectual humility, and recognize your innate capacity as a human for cognitive bias." Rather than lower ourselves to the behavioral standards of others, those who wish to interact with us must first rise up to our minimum standards instead. In this way, minimum standards protect us from unproductive situations that drain our energy, and yet still allow in productive and collaborative interactions.
Borders shouldn't be just open or closed, as that is black and white codependent thinking, but rather they should be a filter that allows in wanted behaviors and keeps out unwanted behaviors. A nation of people with poor individual boundaries will also have poor national boundaries, but a nation of people with healthy individual boundaries will also have healthy national boundaries. Every nation is a collection of individuals, therefore the individuals of our nation need to upgrade their psychological boundaries first, and then our national boundaries will reflect our new minimum standards of personal conduct.
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