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Yes, also the right to self-determination is an unalienable human right. I find it sort of fascinating because people really do have a fanaticism about this th
by slopinthebag 5mo ago
Yes, also the right to self-determination is an unalienable human right.
I find it sort of fascinating because people really do have a fanaticism about this that they don't have for other political artifacts. Nationalism is a powerful force. And people will special-plead themselves silly arguing why one group should be given self-determinism and others shouldn't, including invoking federal laws, untestable predictions about future events, etc. But when it comes to other politics, they revert back to a globalist position.
On the flip side, separatists are often driven by nationalistic interests as well - look at Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries as fantastic examples of this.
- pfortuny 5mo agoWhat about the right of not being determined by others? Say, the 10% who vote no.
- slopinthebag 5mo agoIsn't that the problem with democracy? The tyranny of the majority and all that?
- scrubs 5mo agoNo, not tyranny necessarily. If it's malign morphing into hate speech, racial or genetic seregation, imposing religion, esp. backed up by state power that's a problem. For example, the US has a senate to balance out the house while at the same time California's take on something cannot be rejected out of hand reflexively as tyranny