A group of over 500 women from Venezuela, desperate because of the food shortages in their country, broke through the border between Venezuela and Colombia. Colombian border guards tried to stop them but the hungry women rammed through the border controls.
After making purchases in a Colombian supermarket, the women returned to Venezuela. On their way back they were singing the national anthem.
This is the way we all are at the moment. We sweep away the obstacles that the nation-state puts in the way of our comfort and convenience, but as we do it, we keep expressing our nostalgia for the disappearing nation-state.
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