RE: Iran. Definitely about liberation, I swear.
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I’m curious...
Who exactly granted anyone the authority to control a strait, an ocean, or the flow of trade to begin with?
At what point did a piece of water become something a government can threaten to close?
If a private group blocked a route and demanded terms under threat of force, we’d call that piracy, wouldn’t we?
So what transforms it into “geopolitics”? A flag? A vote? A press conference?
I’m just trying to understand the moral conversion process.
if participation in this global arrangement isn’t something individuals can opt out of without penalty, in what sense is it voluntary?
So...
Is the real debate about oil profits, or about why force-backed control is treated as the default setting for civilization?
-A.W.