Can't say anything else. It's like some old, but established world order falls apart - and it's going to be replaced by some who-knows-what thing. Kind of makes you wonder what that looked like in history when similar thing happened to previous order systems... Like the world of nobles, Congress of Vienna and such stuff.
OPINION The liberal democratic world order is falling apart By Errol Mendes. Published on Jan 12, 2017 8:58pm "As a new year opens across the globe, the post-Second World War order and the global rule of law are losing out to the rule of individual men. In some of the most powerful countries in the world, these pillars of international affairs are not only being overwhelmed by the whims of authoritarian leaders domestically, those same leaders are also undermining the international laws that form the foundation of post-war peace and security. The evidence can be found in daily headlines from around the world."
I kind of perceive it like: The old world order that was established after WWII, it isn't anymore what the kings of the capital want and need anymore in order to pursue their goals. It was a special time after WWII that liberalism and capitalism could forge a symbiotic alliance anyway - but with communism and real socialism gone, there is no need for it to exist anymore. In other words: One can drop the cover now and show oneself openly as the slavedriver that one is. Where can people run to if they disagree? You can control all the structures necessary to escape... With no place to run to, you can be as cruel as possible - you can literally afford it. It doesn't harm your cause.
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Date: 2 September 2018 01:56 pm (UTC)It's like some old, but established world order falls apart - and it's going to be replaced by some who-knows-what thing.
Kind of makes you wonder what that looked like in history when similar thing happened to previous order systems... Like the world of nobles, Congress of Vienna and such stuff.
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Date: 2 September 2018 02:30 pm (UTC)The liberal democratic world order is falling apart
By Errol Mendes. Published on Jan 12, 2017 8:58pm
"As a new year opens across the globe, the post-Second World War order and the global rule of law are losing out to the rule of individual men.
In some of the most powerful countries in the world, these pillars of international affairs are not only being overwhelmed by the whims of authoritarian leaders domestically, those same leaders are also undermining the international laws that form the foundation of post-war peace and security. The evidence can be found in daily headlines from around the world."
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Date: 2 September 2018 03:09 pm (UTC)It was a special time after WWII that liberalism and capitalism could forge a symbiotic alliance anyway - but with communism and real socialism gone, there is no need for it to exist anymore.
In other words: One can drop the cover now and show oneself openly as the slavedriver that one is. Where can people run to if they disagree? You can control all the structures necessary to escape... With no place to run to, you can be as cruel as possible - you can literally afford it. It doesn't harm your cause.
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Date: 2 September 2018 05:10 pm (UTC)