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> The UN Charter isn't real? Correct. The UN charter is a piece of paper. Pieces of paper don't do anything. They are not magic spells that enforce anything,
by stale2002 9mo ago
> The UN Charter isn't real?
Correct. The UN charter is a piece of paper.
Pieces of paper don't do anything. They are not magic spells that enforce anything, and they only matter in so far as they are enforced by other actors with real power.
If you want to talk about what other countries with a military or trade power might do, go ahead. But the piece of paper is rarely relevant at the international stage.
- greenavocado 9mo agoThe only thing that matters is what the guys with the guns want to take from you
- goatlover 9mo agoThat was certainly the case on The Walking Dead with the various surviving communities. But we should hope the actual world would operate a little more lawfully than a post-apocalyptic free for all.
- terminalshort 9mo agoThe law is only lawful because the guys with guns say it is
- goatlover 9mo agoSo Russia's invasion of Ukraine will be legal if Russia wins? I doubt most people in the West will see it that way. Might makes right has never been a good basis for law.
- terminalshort 9mo agoI would argue that the concept of "legal" has no meaning in this setting. But if Russia wins in Ukraine, everyone will call it illegal, and nobody will do a damn thing to push them out. Eventually the world will recognize it as Russian territory just like they recognized it as Soviet territory and part of the Russian Empire before that. So yeah, it will be legal.
- DANmode 9mo agoKeep hoping!