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> Only the U.S. would actually sanction someone for trying to indict a war criminal. The problem is that only the US has the power to material harm people to s
by JeremyNT 11mo ago
> Only the U.S. would actually sanction someone for trying to indict a war criminal.
The problem is that only the US has the power to material harm people to such a degree by doing so.
The amount of control that Big Tech has consolidated into a handful of US megacorporations is a massive danger to the entire world. The US devolving into an overt kleptocracy is a huge threat to freedom everywhere. Who can push back? Obviously not China or Russia, where the problems are even worse.
Of all the wealthy world, the EU basically stands alone as the only entity that has strong enough democratic institutions, capital, and expertise to plausibly develop some kind of alternative.
- devsda 11mo ago> Who can push back? Obviously not China or Russia, where the problems are even worse. Why not China or Russia or any other country with the capability? Competition is good even if some or all of the players are bad individually.
- prasadjoglekar 11mo agoChina, Russia are not members of the ICC for the same reason the US is not. They do not want extra territorial entities applying laws to their citizens and soldiers.
- pbhjpbhj 11mo agoTrumpian fascists being given power in USA demands that anyone who supports democracy ceases trade with USA. It is no safer than feeding the Russian machine.