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The universal declaration of human rights declares the right to self determination. I don't think it's hypocritical for the United States to preach principles o

• stann 6y ago
  One wonders why Catalonia, Palestine, and Ambazonia rarely receive the same solidarity from the US in the defence of right to self determination
• akvadrako 6y ago
  The right of self determination is only theoretical because in law it's always overridden by the right of territorial integrity. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_integrity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_integrity But just imagine how crazy it would be if every place could declare itself independent. Would states count? What about cities?
  • pas 6y ago
    Why would it be crazy? Local autonomy is a very important concept. That's why many regions want more of it. (Eg. Catalonia in Spain, Scotland in the UK, and HK in China.) There's also the tradition of cities being "free" as in they were not feudal land. Of course self-determination doesn't mean complete total independence. Sometimes cities/regions/states lack the ability to control their currency supply (see the problem with in the Eurozone due to the differing interests of Germany and Greece), but inclusive institutions should maximize the ability of the member to work within the institutional framework to have its problem addressed. And that's why democracy is such an institution, and in theory other institutions built on democracy have this ability too. Of course it needs many things for it to work well. (For example empathy of the other members.)
• ntsplnkv2 6y ago
  The universal declaration of human rights is a meaningless declaration with no actual teeth to the true powers of the world.