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>Even the smallest nations have the legal right to permanently incarcerate, strip you of your assets or even murder you if you are in their sphere of influence.

>Even the smallest nations have the legal right to permanently incarcerate, strip you of your assets or even murder you if you are in their sphere of influence. A nation that did that would be able to do that exactly once before everyone decides to never do business with it ever again, which they can afford to do because it's such a small market. Exercising arbitrary power is not the trump card you think it is. Hell, even a tiny nation with reasonable but annoying (from the point of view of a corporation) laws may not be worth it to deal with.

jacquesm 1y ago
Singapore.
lukan 1y ago
Or more. If some small state decides to officially murder a US tourist while he never broke a local law, I do believe the public outcry would make the US government do more than just stop doing buisness.
- tremon 1y ago
  Are you sure? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Jamal_Khashoggi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Jamal_Khashog... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Omar_Assad https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Omar_Assad https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Sayfollah_Musallet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Sayfollah_Musallet
  - lukan 1y ago
    Well, Saudi Arabia and Israel are not "some small state".
    - jacquesm 1y ago
      Ah, the well known true small state fallacy. Should have seen that one coming I guess.
      - lukan 1y ago
        Seriously? True "some small state fallacy" please. And here I believe it matters if we are talking about some small state, or a small state that happens to be a close ally with lots of influence for various reasons.
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inetknght 1y ago
> > Even the smallest nations have the legal right to permanently incarcerate, strip you of your assets or even murder you if you are in their sphere of influence. > A nation that did that would be able to do that exactly once before everyone decides to never do business with it ever again US CBP and ICE would like a word with you.

jacquesm 1y ago

Singapore.

lukan 1y ago

Or more. If some small state decides to officially murder a US tourist while he never broke a local law, I do believe the public outcry would make the US government do more than just stop doing buisness.

tremon 1y ago
Are you sure? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Jamal_Khashoggi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Jamal_Khashog... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Omar_Assad https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Omar_Assad https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Sayfollah_Musallet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Sayfollah_Musallet
- lukan 1y ago
  Well, Saudi Arabia and Israel are not "some small state".
  - jacquesm 1y ago
    Ah, the well known true small state fallacy. Should have seen that one coming I guess.
    - lukan 1y ago
      Seriously? True "some small state fallacy" please. And here I believe it matters if we are talking about some small state, or a small state that happens to be a close ally with lots of influence for various reasons.
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inetknght 1y ago

> > Even the smallest nations have the legal right to permanently incarcerate, strip you of your assets or even murder you if you are in their sphere of influence. > A nation that did that would be able to do that exactly once before everyone decides to never do business with it ever again US CBP and ICE would like a word with you.