As an ignorant kid in politics, I have a naïve political wonder: what exactly is the use of international laws? Does it make sense at all to set international laws when there can never be a powerful just organization to make nations obey them? It seems to me that these laws at best only help the already powerful state to defend itself against the weak one. After a bloody unfair war, of course we like to get together and set some fair rules so that such disasters never happen to humanity again. But isn’t it only a means to redress our conscience and our pride and to conceive of the world as a more livable place? What is the actual consequence of this for the future wars and future injustice? One might say that these laws gradually help to awaken the public opinion and finally weaken the “criminal” powerful state in a democratic system. However, as long as more power equals more TV channels, more broadcast, more professional journalism and therefore more legitimation, the situation seems exactly reverse to me. International laws will only oil the wheels of power and boil the wills of humanity!
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