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In regards to taxation and regulation of services sold into the EU common market Ireland is not fully sovereign. They have their act together, this is the lega

by lokar 3y ago

In regards to taxation and regulation of services sold into the EU common market Ireland is not fully sovereign. They have their act together, this is the legal process playing out.

Kamq 3y ago
Aren't they still sovereign? They just might be sanction/fined by peers or kicked out of the union if they don't comply? It's not like someone's going to declare war on Ireland and conquer them to force compliance the way a citizen breaking the law might be conquered by a police force.
- ben_w 3y ago
  The winning move for a single round of the Prisoner's Dilemma is to defect. The winning move for the Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma is tit-for-tat. Enforcement mechanisms lead actors to behave more cooperatively, and everyone knows everyone is better off if everyone is cooperating.
  - Kamq 3y ago
    That doesn't make anyone in the game not sovereign
    - ben_w 3y ago
      The enforcement mechanism is a voluntary de jure loss of sovereignty, even though the de facto sovereignty to leave the enforcement mechanism remains.
      - Kamq 3y ago
        Ok, that makes more sense