Patriotic or Chauvinistic?
Humans have done so much with the motive of "leaving behind their marks on Earth." One of them is the introduction and application of the concept of "countries" and therefore, borders. I remember those few moments of silence while the term "CAA" was mentioned. Not the guilty silence, but the silence fuelled with ignorance. 
What is a country?
Why countries?
-Humans have evolved as tribes with self-sufficient, complacent, and competitive lifestyles. This instinct holds true even now despite many being disconnected from this system.
-Humans have used their most evolved brains to tie themselves to labels depending on race, religion, creed, and whatever else that has no basis to be factors of separation.
Why I feel the concept of "countries" is facing its worst now (administrative units are better).
Hatred. Stereotypes. Insensitivity.
Wars waged just because someone wants to show their superiority by manipulating a piece of paper called map, wars waged because religion is supposed to be an article of packaging to hold together a particular group, wars waged because we are supposed to live up to the wishes and blood of our ancestors, wars waged because we can't know why really, when isn't the media biased?
As the world seems to go on with its hatred towards China much for India's liking, would we have had to go through all this boycotting if "India" and "China" and the other countries hadn't drawn a line between them? Is this a powerplay with lives being risked of an ego-driven wish to be superior?
Buying local is certainly the best idea, but getting Chinese goods just to burn them down to show your hatred towards them? Is everything we do in the names of patriotism sustainable?
Would we still fight over Ladakh and J&K if the world accepted that no one can really "own" anything in our short lives of impermanence?
Would "The China-virus" still be a synonym of "The Coronavirus"?
Are we blindly closing our empathy towards those just like us just because we think someone from a different set of traditions is not relatable to us?
Personal attachment to our country.
The world has been moving from "only I matter" to "only my family matters" to "only my tribe matters" to "only my town matters" to "only my state matters" to "only my country matters" but how long are we going to be stuck here? Especially now that we've seen how the world's countries can cooperate to work together to battle the COVID-19, it must have been easier than ever.
But here we are focusing on winning our ego-driven battles as we also try to win over one that's threatening the existence of our entire species. Is our overly evolved brain a curse?
What if there were no countries?
1. There would be more peace. As long as we don't draw more borders. As long as we are trusting and welcome to everyone.
2. There would be easier solutions to real problems like climate change, poverty, resource exhaustion, and quality, etc. as there would be no economic competition.
3. If the government divided those with different environments and terrains that do require their own system of rules into administrative units based on their environmental conditions and not countries based on traditions, there would be no country-based discrimination but a smooth administration nevertheless.
4. There would be no more propaganda of hatred based on huge communities.
5. The realization of how small we are in this vast universe and why desperately trying to quench our thirst for superiority is so insignificant. The realization that no one, human or not, can own something (or someone) in this world of impermanence. The realization that boundaries achieve nothing whether they are officially recognized or not.
Voicing equality between countries in a country whose constitution secures Freedom of Expression is deemed a crime that cannot be bailed. And they were so quick to deliver justice to Nirbhaya and the other unspoken victims of actual crimes.
Do you think a world without countries is possible?
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