• aleph@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Assuming that it was even legitimate to begin with, which is a big if, a popular vote doesn’t automatically legitimize relinquishing territory to a foreign nation.

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      1 year ago

      Assuming that it was even legitimate to begin with

      “Democracy is when the stupid foreigners vote how I think they should, otherwise it’s not legitimate”

      doesn’t automatically legitimize relinquishing territory to a foreign nation.

      If the people vote overwhelmingly to leave Ukraine, then that shows that Crimea isn’t Ukraine’s to relinquish or not. Liberals and abandoning democracy as soon as it becomes a rhetorical inconvenience for them, name a more iconic duo.

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      1 year ago

      If your aim is to prevent war, what is your solution for when the vast majority of people in one country want to join another, and vote accordingly?

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        1 year ago

        A complicated situation certainly, but whatever the answer is, it is not “collude with a neighbouring foreign nation, allow them to invade, and provoke a military conflict.”

    • SuperNovaCouchGuy2 [any]@hexbear.net
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      1 year ago

      a “popular vote” doesn’t automatically legitimize relinquishing territory to a foreign nation.

      Good you acknowledge that even the westoid cope for the Euromaidan coup is bullshit.