The moats of Europe

Border security forces have always used bodies of water as a way to deter migrants but it is often more sinister than that. I have been debating whether it’s worth writing this because I keep thinking that this is common knowledge but then again it might not be. Migration is a topic that I care about very deeply so I am one of those people who actually goes and reads the reports from organisations who monitor and report on the struggles of migrants. It is for this reason that I decided I should write this post because it might reach someone who doesn’t know of this practice. The weaponisation of the natural world against other humans never went away. We may have been separated from the natural world by capitalism but the natural world was integrated into capitalism and is still a means for the ruling elites to protect their interests. Rivers are often used as borders for separating nations so my comparing them to moats for protection should comes as no surprise. They are often…