A new commenter to this Blog got me to thinking after reading some of his Blog. I suggest you read Kyle de Beausse’s Reasons for My Trip North at his web site.

Kyle’s treatise is very complex. It is a serious attempt to cover a lot of the bases regarding Emigration, Immigration, and Migration; or in other words to leave one’s country of origin, to become part of a country different from one’s origin, and to move about from country to country.

In his comment to my Blog Kyle writes, “I think a lot of what you’re writing in here is really in line with what I advocate…” I totally agree. He goes on to suggest we exchange links – a capital idea I think.

Kyle emphatically makes the point that the reason people are emigrating is primarily because the country of origin has reached a “significant turning point in the degradation of the public’s quality of life.” I have less stressed this point, but don’t disagree.

It is a fact, particularly in my case, that much of the immigration to Mexico by Americans, Canadians and Europeans is motivated by affordability. If you look at the disparity in cost of pharmaceuticals, medical treatment, education. food and housing you get a glimpse into that motivation. Moving to make our small nest eggs go farther is a simplified explanation of the mass exoduses.

The people that are leaving their country of origin to make money to send home are in the working strata of their lives where as the vast majority of first world exits are motivated to stretch their possessed or meted out resources.

In order to affect a global citizenry consciousness the economic playing field is going to have to be more equalized. Contrary to Gordon Gekko’s Greed is Good Speech to Teldar Paper Shareholders – greed isn’t good. More exposure and analysis must be directed at the costs of these major life issues. The disparity between the haves and the have nots is ever widening.

If we call to accountability the executives of oil companies and the like, to demand them to explain and justify their 450 million dollars a year salaries while half the world goes to bed hungry each night, we might then begin to see a way out of this quagmire or at least in part know why we are in it.

Issues like the ever-increasing CO2 in the atmosphere, the exploding population mostly happening via the poor, the abusive use and the destruction of earth’s resources, may force a more global citizenry. These critical issues transcend borders and immigration policies. We are rapidly getting to a point where the rich will not be able to buy their way out of these problems.

The border problems and unjust immigration policies are complex issues – but reducing greed from many of these equations would help level the playing field. An unobtainable fantasy – maybe – but if the topic of greed and economic disparity come to the forefront perhaps some of the hate between common peoples might be lessened and the problems will become more clearly defined.

I encourage you to read Kyle’s Blog and to embrace the idea of global citizenry. Let’s find meaningful ways to tear down the borders between countries and peoples. It just makes sense.

I am going to get to writing about the cultural differences between Americans and Mexicans soon – really. Stay Tuned!