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> What do you mean "thinks" it can? I mean that the government can claim whatever it wants, the validity of the claims still have to be demonstrated in court -
by 1996 6y ago
> What do you mean "thinks" it can?
I mean that the government can claim whatever it wants, the validity of the claims still have to be demonstrated in court - since we are not yet in a dictatorship the executive and the judicial branch remain separate.
> the US financial empire regulates whichever foreign nation's affairs they can get away with.
Germany is a lapdog, but Russia less so. I get the feeling it won't be allowed to fly: if Germany really wants its Sputnik vaccines, it will have to show some spine.
And let's talk again when the "US financial empire" thinks it can do the same with China :)
- arcticbull 6y agoCourts have established US jurisdiction over extraterritorial matters many times.
- PKop 6y ago> the validity of the claims still have to be demonstrated in court Whose courts? Who decides? The sovereign here is whoever has the power to dictate terms, and for far to long that has been the US. I completely agree re: Russia and China And just to be clear I couldn't be less of a fan of this current global order. But it is what it is. Just so people don't twist themselves into knots talking about rule of law, and trying to rationalize this as if there is some benevolent removed 3rd party deciding fairly, rather than power making up its own rules. Hopefully, the rest of the world at some point tips the scales the other way. Hasn't happened so far.