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PROLOGUE Once, a land was divided by an imaginary line. The north and the south were created. The northerners had wealth. They lived in large merchant built houses in sprawling suburbs. Together, they commuted to work, millions of individual bubbles on a vast choked freeway. There were pool parties in the summer and green lawns tended by invisible gardeners. Food, electronics, automobiles, and clothing were overabundant. Life was seemingly easy for the northerners. They were fat, but they were not happy. Many were fearful. The southerners were poor. They lived in small, handmade homes that, in many cases, barely provided them with the basic elements of shelter. They worked hard to survive and their diet was basic. These people lived a simple yet complex existence. What they lacked in monetary wealth they made up for in culture and the arts. In some ways, they were happier than their counterparts to the north, but decent jobs were difficult to find. In search of work, there was always the temptation of the north. In the beginning, crossing was easy and safe because northerners needed cheap labor. As the population of southerners in the north grew, the northerners feared that their lives of excess and privilege may somehow be threatened. The north resorted to a brutal use of architecture. They built a wall to deter northern migration. The wall was a symbol. It was a line between wealth and poverty. It stood 14 feet tall crowned with menacing swirls of razor wire. It stopped and started infrequently. The construction was shoddy and the materials were cheap. The wall indiscriminately split and destroyed communities along its path. The psychological power of the wall was both its greatest strength and its greatest weakness. Ironically, the wall ultimately encouraged migration north. With dreams of a better life, the southerners climbed over the fence and they tunneled under it. They went deeper into the wilderness and crossed the border where the fence did not exist. On their journey to cross, the migrants encountered thieves, harassment, extortion, murder, the Border Patrol, and exposure to the elements. Many failed and many died, but more succeeded. The rate of illegal crossings directly correlated to the northern demands for inexpensive labor. After decades, the northerners became a minority in their own land. To protect their interest, they manipulated the laws and compromised democracy, assuring their electorate. They withdrew into conservative, deaf tribes. Religious views were manipulated to validate their contempt. The northerners lost the ability to perceive their southern neighbors as fellow human beings.
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