IтАЩm genuinely curiousтАФwhat state do you believe still holds credibility in the international system?
Before anyone throws out examples like South Africa, letтАЩs remember 2015, when they openly ignored an ICC warrant and refused to arrest Omar al-Bashir. ThatтАЩs not a moral judgmentтАФitтАЩs just factual behavior. And I can dig up examples like this for any state you name. As Francesca Albanese said: there is no country that doesnтАЩt violate international law in some form.
If youтАЩre talking about consistent conduct on the world stage, probably the Nordic countries come closestтАФand theyтАЩre squarely part of тАЬthe West.тАЭ
At the end of the day, everyone wipes their ass with international law. So letтАЩs stop pretending anyone has some kind of moral high ground.
I donтАЩt have an issue with the idea of moving beyond nation-states. I lean toward European federalism, so the concept isn't foreign to me.
But let's not kid ourselvesтАФwhether you call it a nation, empire, tribe, or corporation, power structures are inevitable. Some entity will create rules, enforce them, and hold a monopoly on violence. ThatтАЩs not ideology; thatтАЩs game theory and history.
The labelтАФnation, religion, king, tribe, or marketтАФis just branding. The structure remains: organized authority backed by force. You can dream of no countries, but unless youтАЩve figured out how to eliminate hierarchy and scarcity, someoneтАЩs still going to be in charge.
Westerners have done a fine job burning their own credibility- after Gaza - we have zero.
The Abrahamic Capitalist paradigm is done. We need to eradicate all Abrahamic and Capitalist being if we want humanity to survive global warming.
IтАЩm genuinely curiousтАФwhat state do you believe still holds credibility in the international system?
Before anyone throws out examples like South Africa, letтАЩs remember 2015, when they openly ignored an ICC warrant and refused to arrest Omar al-Bashir. ThatтАЩs not a moral judgmentтАФitтАЩs just factual behavior. And I can dig up examples like this for any state you name. As Francesca Albanese said: there is no country that doesnтАЩt violate international law in some form.
If youтАЩre talking about consistent conduct on the world stage, probably the Nordic countries come closestтАФand theyтАЩre squarely part of тАЬthe West.тАЭ
At the end of the day, everyone wipes their ass with international law. So letтАЩs stop pretending anyone has some kind of moral high ground.
Nation States are a shitty idea. Imagine there're no countries. It's easy if you try.
I donтАЩt have an issue with the idea of moving beyond nation-states. I lean toward European federalism, so the concept isn't foreign to me.
But let's not kid ourselvesтАФwhether you call it a nation, empire, tribe, or corporation, power structures are inevitable. Some entity will create rules, enforce them, and hold a monopoly on violence. ThatтАЩs not ideology; thatтАЩs game theory and history.
The labelтАФnation, religion, king, tribe, or marketтАФis just branding. The structure remains: organized authority backed by force. You can dream of no countries, but unless youтАЩve figured out how to eliminate hierarchy and scarcity, someoneтАЩs still going to be in charge.