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inglor_czlast Saturday at 4:49 PM1 replyview on HN

how "might makes right" is the main underlying principle in the end

This is not surprising, this is how society ultimately works, even internally, not just on international scale.

I live in a democracy. I could still name several laws of the land that I consider fundamentally unjust, but the might of the majority translated into political and physical power means that I have to obey them, right or wrong. It is better that this power is controlled democratically and not by a single autocrat or a single ruling party, but it is still fundamentally coercion.

Are there even any alternatives? Ultimately we cannot all agree on what is right for everyone.


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elktownlast Saturday at 5:04 PM

My point was to highlight the double standards of this kind of after-the-fact reporting and discussions. I'm cynical enough to know that "might makes right" is a part of life to various degrees.