The worst thing about Mitch McConnell's $1.7 trillion omnibus spending package

The most galling thing about the omnibus is that more than $400 million is dished out to American allies to assist them in their "border security."

Charlie Kirk is the Founder and CEO of Turning Point USA and author of the new book "The College Scam." It is available for purchase at COLLEGESCAM.com.

A century ago, and for all human history before that, having a coherent border that one could defend was what separated a state from the state of nature. But today, a border is a luxury. A luxury so valuable, it turns out, that it’s only available to the Third World.

The concept of the "Third World" originated in the Cold War. In that era, America and its close allies were the First World. The Soviet Union and its satellites were the Second World. And the rest of the planet, the dozens of countries contested between the two superpowers, were the "Third World."