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The problem with globalized environmentalism is that you eventually run out of other countries' police officers. We can barely enforce the three international
by scythe 6y ago
The problem with globalized environmentalism is that you eventually run out of other countries' police officers.
We can barely enforce the three international laws that exist today: "don't wipe out groups of people (genocide)", "don't build nuclear weapons", and "don't just start wars". We've seen all three threatened in the past year (Ethiopia, Iran, Azerbaijan respectively). The more "international law" you tack on, the less legitimacy any international law has in the first place. And the account balance doesn't look good.
- Cthulhu_ 6y agoThere's international law enough but there are no consequences. And that's because countries still have sovereignty. At best, they can be hurt financially, for example by sanctions or even denial of aid (NK comes to mind, they fire up their nuclear tests whenever they need more money). The alternative would be that rich and strong countries like the US start to play international police again. You could of course point to the UN, but honestly if they were to take action, they would have to penalize the US as well for their blatant disregard of human rights and sovereignty.
- Glavnokoman 6y agoSo what is the problem? Just drop 2 of those 3 and you have a room for something probably more important.