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Israel’s war in Gaza is chipping away at so much of what we – in the United States but also internationally – had agreed upon as acceptable, from the rules governing our freedom of speech to the very laws of armed conflict. It seems no exaggeration to say that the foundation of the international order of the last 77 years is threatened by this change in the obligations governing our legal and political responsibilities to each other.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

In truth, none of that ever mattered. Gaza is just a very blatant example of that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I would rather have a poor attempt at setting up a system to prevent genocide than none at all.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah but alliances like NATO and the UN weren't built to prevent genocide. They were built to protect certain power structures and to keep certain nations in control. Stopping genocide was sometimes useful in accomplishing this but nothing more. They never actually cared about people and never will.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 22 hours ago

To establish a global hierarchy