Have you ever looked at a map before? If you’re not a big dummy, you’ll probably say yes. That’s because without maps, we would never know where we are. The universe is a super big place, so it’s kind of hard to find your way around it without some sort of (smaller) diagram. We call these maps. But if you were looking at a map of the world without any lines on it, how would you know where you REALLY live? This is why we have Political Boundaries. See, there are billions of people balanced atop this great planet of ours, and they move around a lot, all the time.
Here’s a metaphor: It’s like ice. If you’re trying to organize ice cubes, you need trays and a freezer. Notice trays aren’t just big bowls that let all the ice mingle around, they have strict, straight (or fancy shaped) lines. The freezer is a harder metaphor to make sense of, but think of the freezer as a thing that keeps people from melting. If you didn’t stay with me through that university-level metaphor, the walls in the ice cube tray are like political boundaries, making sure everyone has a spot in the “tray” or “planet.”
Political boundaries are the only way to make sure someone from the east side of Lloydminster is treated differently from someone on the west side of Lloydminster, for example. Yes, it’s true, we’re all humans, but if we treated everyone equally all over the world, we wouldn’t have JEALOUSY. And without JEALOUSY, we wouldn’t have a functioning system of CAPITALISM, and without CAPITALISM, we’d all be ANIMALS. Or maybe ice cubes.
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