• Victor@lemmy.world
    30·
    2 个月前

    Israel doesn’t have a right to exist. Neither does Palestine. Neither does my country.

    Countries don’t have a right to exist. They never did. We just respected each other for relative peace.

    People, however, do have a right to exist.

      • Danquebec@sh.itjust.works
        5·
        2 个月前

        Do states having a right to exist means people can’t democratically choose to merge their country with another?

        • Waterpumpee@lemmus.orgEnglish
          1·
          2 个月前

          Like crimea “voted” to be part of russia? There are better ways than merging i.e. making one cease to exist because those votes can never be unanimous. See EU. You just contract to use the same rule set, currency etc and are factually merged.

          • Danquebec@sh.itjust.works
            1·
            2 个月前

            I did say “democratically choose”, not merely “vote”. Russia does “votes” but isn’t really democratic.

      • infinitesunrise@slrpnk.netEnglish
        2·
        2 个月前

        While committing to the practical it is always important to hold in mind the theoretical. Forget either and we become lost.