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by antihipocrat 4 days ago
..and so the thin veil of the post war order fell away, not with a bang but with proclamations of moral relativism perceived as virtue.
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Sorry, I’m not following your point. Could you explain?
If we are at a point where - instead of condemning each active warcrime as being independently abhorrent, we are offering friendly suggestions to consider each in relation to others on some subjective view of severity then I don't see much hope for our children.

The semblance of an international order post world war 2 at least suggested that we as a species were attempting to move toward a better place. Many notable breaches occurred but there was a much stronger universal condemnation of each, with real political repercussions even for western powers.