Comment on Australian Parliament Tables Motion Condemning China’s Assimilation of Tibetans

unionagainstdhmo@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• NaevaTheRat@vegantheoryclub.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Not even but like literally this country. There’s less justification for the Australian government to claim sovereignty here. When you look at how aboriginal Aussies are treated, by the legal system and the health system for example, it’s hard to argue it isn’t genocide of a minority who have a claim to this land.

  I get so frustrated at how, meaningful issues about the dubious actions of nation states are justified under international law become political theatre for power struggles.

  Basically all large nations have peoples that want to split, but because international law requires nations to recognise a people before they get the protection of the law nobody properly does it as everyone could say “ok, you first”. International law is important, it lets us resolve conflicts without war and somewhat check superpowers. Reducing it to farce is a tragedy.

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