Reece Jones, the author of the book Violent Border bring to light the the mass migrations problem going on in the world today. This is not a new issue, it’s been going on for as long as humans have govern or control land or states. Jones sheds light on the issue by letting us the reader read what factors play into the the migration problems and at the end explains his way of fixing or how to work toward a better future. He brings up problems like global poor, and the failure to address climate change , are among others points to be primary factors to this global problem. Let’s explore these concepts.
Chapter 4, Jones touches upon the topic of global poor. I thought he touch upon the strongest source in his argument with this one. Jones tells the sad truth of how many families can’t move not because of Borders themselves but the economic oppression that hovers over families. “Without an …show more content…
I got mixed messages on what he would want the world to be. It sounds like he wants the world to have a central government to me, bring up the idea of minimum wage in every country. This will most likely will never happen due to the economic state of each country is different. Not only that, he brought up a good point using West Virginia and Maryland as an example of open borders. Both border each other but are two completely different state on being more urban and the other being rural. I found this example very interesting that yes they are states in the same nation but are the complete opposite. If we can apply this to countries around the world we wouldn’t really have a border problem. One small detail that stood out to me is throughout the whole, yes he would talk about the problems with borders but in his conclusion he never brought up the idea of getting rid of Borders. His problem is more accessibility through them, just being able to pass through with no problem with the
Chapter 4, Jones touches upon the topic of global poor. I thought he touch upon the strongest source in his argument with this one. Jones tells the sad truth of how many families can’t move not because of Borders themselves but the economic oppression that hovers over families. “Without an …show more content…
I got mixed messages on what he would want the world to be. It sounds like he wants the world to have a central government to me, bring up the idea of minimum wage in every country. This will most likely will never happen due to the economic state of each country is different. Not only that, he brought up a good point using West Virginia and Maryland as an example of open borders. Both border each other but are two completely different state on being more urban and the other being rural. I found this example very interesting that yes they are states in the same nation but are the complete opposite. If we can apply this to countries around the world we wouldn’t really have a border problem. One small detail that stood out to me is throughout the whole, yes he would talk about the problems with borders but in his conclusion he never brought up the idea of getting rid of Borders. His problem is more accessibility through them, just being able to pass through with no problem with the