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| ▲ | ashoeafoot 4 days ago | parent | next [-] |
| Justice is self hypnosis and self idealization that settles in when there is plenty to go around. If there isn't its just a threatening word , whose values is mostly "we get you all when the good times roll back around ." Which they usually don't do unless there are major scientific breakthroughs generating surplus and a amnesty after armistice. |
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| ▲ | com 4 days ago | parent [-] | | Reflecting on these words, it’s clear that many people take a “realist” perspective on power in and between human societies, and see no reason at all to strive to create better conditions for all or even most humans. My take: it’s a luxury position that probably only makes sense if you’ve been a winner in the birth lottery of the global elite. They are the enablers of power-for-power’s sake populists and dead-eyed bureaucrats because they are certain, at least until too late, that bad things won’t happen to them of their loved ones. |
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| ▲ | hilbert42 5 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| "The ICJ is at least holding out against that future." ICJ? Are you implying that what I said, implied or inferred was against the ICC? Let me be clear, I nether said, meant nor inferred any of those things. In fact I'm in favor of the ICC despite the fact it's a paper tiger in areas where it's most needed. Edit: that said, like many, I've some criticisms all of which other comments have echoed. Like most things the ICC is a compromise in an imperfect world, it's better than nothing though. |
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| ▲ | ben_w 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Merely getting "declared" is not enough — North Korea "declares" itself to be a democracy — what matters is actually doing it. The relevance of the ICC etc. is rooted in how much people actually do, not just say. |
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| ▲ | com 4 days ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Apologies, typo, ICJ -> ICC |
