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No real power to. State sovereignty is the foundation of geopolitics and globalized enforcement of morality is maybe at its infancy, if it will even get anywher
by bitsinthesky 3y ago
No real power to. State sovereignty is the foundation of geopolitics and globalized enforcement of morality is maybe at its infancy, if it will even get anywhere.
- morkalork 3y agoWhat a terrifying phrase, globalized enforcement of morality, it stirs images of the crusades and colonization of the americas in my mind.
- lyu07282 3y agoIt's just the typical liberal self perception of US and western foreign policy. But it's definitely a particularly extreme example, I don't know what you would even really respond to such a statement: > "State sovereignty is the foundation of geopolitics and globalized enforcement of morality is maybe at its infancy" I don't really even know where to begin, it could be satire?
- morkalork 3y agoMaybe it's a very sci-fi long term view where we have been living through the violent and misguided infancy of global enforcement of morality for centuries.
- yieldcrv 3y agoand it will stop as soon as random countries start flying weaponized drones over America over causes that we would be completely blindsided by and would never reach consensus on changing
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- ip26 3y agoAlso, if you accept the maxim that government gets its power and legitimacy from the consent of the governed (whether voluntary or under threat of violence) it should quickly become apparent how difficult it is to force the matter.