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So if you and I agree laws don't matter, we can go rob a bank together and it's all good?

• terminalshort 8mo ago
  If you and I, the president, congress, and the judiciary agree, then yes, and that's kind of the situation regarding the laws around starting a war.
  • vrganj 8mo ago
    Why only these local institutions? What makes those special?
    • terminalshort 8mo ago
      They have the power to enforce laws
      • vrganj 8mo ago
        So do the mall cop and the ICC. Why does this arbitrary level in-between matter?
        • terminalshort 8mo ago
          The mall cop much more so than the ICC
          • vrganj 8mo ago
            That sure is an attitude that explains why US soft power (and with that, Empire) has been crumbling at an unprecedented rate. You might not care about the rules, but the rest of the world takes notice. This is how you break a world order carefully designed to further your own interests.