> restrictions on freedom of movement are pretty new thing though
So is how easy it is for anyone in the world to move to anywhere else in the world within 24 hours. The situations and their outcomes are difficult to compare.
People want restrictions because of a long list of concerns with open borders. This seems to be the prevalent view in every country in the world (are there outliers?).
Do you not see the concerns that people have with open borders as valid?
Restrictions were put in place mostly in the beginning of the century during the WWI. It wasn't "we have trains, let's restrict who can work where" thingy, it was a war thingy.
EU was able to abolish those restrictions to great benefit and is trying to make it check-free through the Schengen agreement. It's Romania and Bulgaria who still need to show passports and this creates great friction at the borders but hopefully, this will be no longer the case by the end of the year.
In the United STATES of America, people are free to work and travel any any state and notice that people don't simply flock to the richest one.
I agree that sudden removal of the borders will create serious issues but this is only because there are borders at first place. The situation will stabilize and you won't see 8B people moving to Canada, 8B people moving to USA, 8B people moving to Germany, 8B people moving to UK.
So is how easy it is for anyone in the world to move to anywhere else in the world within 24 hours. The situations and their outcomes are difficult to compare.
People want restrictions because of a long list of concerns with open borders. This seems to be the prevalent view in every country in the world (are there outliers?).
Do you not see the concerns that people have with open borders as valid?