Post B1wHsUOEhjUO2OwAxU by katzenberger@tldr.nettime.org
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(DIR) Post #B1wE6okHQ6bdPHpCsa by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2026-01-04T10:15:52Z
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Basically, what the US has announced, rather unambiguously, is that the only way its actions can regulated is through superior military might.This is a very dangerous thing to announce in a world when you are one of approximately 200 countries. Regardless of whether you currently have the most lethal military of not.Anyone know what happens to that one asshole at a game of Monopoly if the rest of the players decide to team up against him?Not saying it will happen. But replacing even the existing thin façade of adhering to international law with only recognising the law of the jungle will have consequences for the United States. None of them good.
(DIR) Post #B1wEzF1Hwsz0X5jQoq by pookiesorcery@mastodon.social
2026-01-04T10:25:37Z
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@aral indeed. unfortunately this marks the final nail in the coffin of International Law... we are in for a bumpy ride
(DIR) Post #B1wHsUOEhjUO2OwAxU by katzenberger@tldr.nettime.org
2026-01-04T10:57:49Z
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@aral When international law is dumped in favor of the law of the jungle, it also damages organizations whose work depends on the validity and enforcement of international law.It pulls the rug out from under them and makes it clear that illegal violence is considered superior, and that an end justifies all means.In other words, establishing the law of the jungle is a program that promotes terrorism. Civilians will pay the price for the decline of said organizations, and the rise of groups that once again believe terror is the only way.Ironically, many of these civilians will wonder where all the "radicalization" will "suddenly" have come from. And they'll participate in denouncing those who understand what terrorism feeds on as sympathizers of terrorism.
(DIR) Post #B1wIByOLNnLcaYHJq4 by Heidentweet@todon.eu
2026-01-04T11:01:30Z
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@aral Sorry, that "law of the jungle" is a colonial expression that Western civilised imperialist powers have been using to justify their bringing civilisation, law and order, Western democracy (*cough*) plunder, rape, mass murder (*cough*) to the people who have been living in that jungle. Spanish socialist and former EU Commissioner Borell has used "Europe is a garden and has to defend itself against the jungle out there" in a speech a few years ago.
(DIR) Post #B1wIebeL13ocSAPehU by Tattered@social.vivaldi.net
2026-01-04T11:06:43Z
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@aral The US have been playing games with “international order” for years. I see little difference between this and Libya. Biden’s genocide enabling in plain sight pushed the boundaries. Trump has pushed them further. Vietnam slowed the US down. They’ve been gathering speed since the Gulf “War”. W, Obama & Biden have been guilty of crimes against humanity and/or war crimes. The US has been the rogue element for decades now. I sincerely hope this is the beginning of the end of the Evil Empire, so the world can move on to something better, for all of us, USians included.
(DIR) Post #B1wJesH7IqNZyEF82y by Sh41@androiddev.social
2026-01-04T11:17:56Z
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@aral it was always like that, just that they never used it. Now the message is that not only that's the case, but that they are willing to take advantage of that. The mask has "fallen"
(DIR) Post #B1wde85j0kgXojpwWW by itorres@social.xin.cat
2026-01-04T15:01:50Z
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@aral I think the main consequence is internal to the US. If the state is over the rule of law the society it creates will not abide to laws, beginning with their law enforcement bodies.I mean, it’s not like we lack historical examples of how empires fall.
(DIR) Post #B1xkxD9hIiN1rXhVRY by FurryBeta@shark.community
2026-01-05T03:58:26Z
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@aral Nation-states are the epitome of the saying “Might makes right”. If a county is powerful enough, yeah, there’s little that can be done to “punish” them. Economic sanctions? Well the OPEC Arab oil embargo worked pretty well in the 1970s, but I don’t feel something like that would happen again. China could theoretically cut off our produced goods and chip supply, but that would affect their economy (and Taiwan, maybe) nearly as bad as it hurt the US
(DIR) Post #B22LceD6fTmjgEVbQu by brecht@brecht.pamphlets.me
2026-01-07T09:07:50Z
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@aral@mastodon.ar.al It might take some centuries to work out, but what happens eventually is the Fall of Nineveh.
(DIR) Post #B22Lpz22Z7K21OgwV6 by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2026-01-07T09:10:42Z
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@brecht What worries me is that the Assyrians didn’t have nuclear weapons.
(DIR) Post #B22QCzR9corhkrfFLc by brecht@brecht.pamphlets.me
2026-01-07T09:59:28Z
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@aral@mastodon.ar.al True...