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by empressplay 1524 days ago
I find the idea of 'globalization', where somehow countries that don't have huge stockpiles of weapons think that they stand on an equal footing with the 'big boys' hilarious because what, if they get out of line we won't trade with them anymore? We'll cut them off from the Internet?

Er, what?

I mean, you're welcome to believe whatever you like. You can believe the sky is yellow if you like but it doesn't necessarily make it true. And definitely your belief that the sky is yellow should not factor in to major decisions regarding the future of countries, continents, humanity.

All countries are not and will never be equal, so long as any one of them has a bigger stick than the others. Water is wet. Snow is cold. This is reality.