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International law? And, also, just "law". One of the better developments of last few decades is that national borders are, for the most part, no longer subject
by IfOnlyYouKnew 6y ago
International law? And, also, just "law".
One of the better developments of last few decades is that national borders are, for the most part, no longer subject to violent change. That's due to territory simply losing importance: raw materials are insignificant, economically, compared to the fruits of intellectual labor. Borders have also become much more porous: the conflict in Northern Ireland, for example, lost much of its significance when it became commonplace to commute across the border every day.
Then, a once-mighty nation took the lead in establishing what's called the "rule-based international order": You may conquer some territory with your oh-so-mighty territory. But whatcha gonna do with it when nobody is going to reconise it and you can't sell anything produced there in international markets?
There's been enough regression in these efforts in recent years. No matter how grating it may be to see criminals getting away, it comes nowhere close to being significant enough to go back to might-is-right.
- voisin 6y agoPetty concepts that have never stopped the US Government before. /s
- tsjq 6y agoLOL !
- warriormonk5 6y agoNorman Angell argued almost the exact same thing as you-- in 1909. Doubled down on this argument in 1933. "The Great Illusion". He was wrong -- both times. :)
- nl 6y agoIt's extremely unclear what you think Angell was arguing for and what you think he was wrong about. "The Great Illusion" argued that economic integration made war unlikely. He was wrong in that he hadn't realized how much people wanted something that went against their interests. But he learned that lesson well: "From the mid-1930s, Angell actively campaigned for collective international opposition to the aggressive policies of Germany, Italy, and Japan. He went to the United States in 1940 to lecture in favour of American support for Britain in World War II"[1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Angell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Angell
- warriormonk5 6y agoMy only point is that I see similar echoes of that argument from the comment I replied to, and I firmly disagree with that stance. We got a small taste of how isolated nations are when this pandemic kicked off. It's amazing it didn't degrade further.
- redis_mlc 6y ago> national borders are, for the most part, no longer subject to violent change. This is nonsense. - China and it's neighbors are on the brink of war over water diversion - China seized the 9-dashed line islands over navigation and fishing rights, and all of its neighbors are in an arms race - Armenia just lost disputed territory a couple months ago. - Britain and the EU are entering a cold war over fishing rights.