More eyewitness talking about Greta treatment in Israel.

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Corporations can sue countries under international law. Countries cannot hold corporations accountable under international law.

Here's something that should infuriate you, when a multinational corporation feels a government regulation hurt their profits, they can haul that country before an international tribunal and demand compensation. This happens regularly through something called Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS).

But when a corporation violates environmental laws or human rights? The country has to rely on its own domestic courts. There is no international tribunal where governments can hold corporations accountable.

This isn't some oversight. It's a structural feature of how international investment law developed, designed during the colonial era specifically to protect capital exporting nations and their corporations from "risky" developing countries.

Recently, some African nations tried to change this. Nigeria and Morocco signed a treaty that attempted to impose environmental obligations directly on foreign investors, requiring environmental impact assessments and precautionary approaches. Similar model treaties emerged from regional African bodies.

But here's where it gets darkly absurd, even when these treaties explicitly say investors must follow "international environmental obligations," arbitration tribunals have consistently ruled they'll only enforce these through domestic law. The international law reference? Ornamental.

One tribunal literally stated that it can no longer be admitted that companies operating internationally are immune from becoming subjects of international law then immediately refused to hold the company accountable under international law.

The language games are telling too. Tribunals carefully use 'precautionary approach' instead of 'precautionary principle' because calling it a principle might make it sound... binding.

The asymmetry isn't accidental. International investment law gives corporations international rights without corresponding international duties. And when countries try to rebalance this through new treaties, those treaties either never get ratified (the Pan African Investment Code was downgraded to a 'policy document') or get interpreted into meaninglessness by tribunals.

The system isn't broken. It's working exactly as intended, for some.

**Source**: Recent legal analysis examining bilateral investment treaties and customary international environmental law, published in a Cambridge University Press collection on investment law.

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As Japan has elected an extreme right-wing person, Sanae Takaichi, to be the next leader, I'd like to remind everyone: war criminals are NOT heroes.

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Einstein’s letter roasting Zionists
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Gross Flex: This Billionaire Built A $50 Million Golf Course So His Wife Had A Place To ‘Swing Like An Idiot’

Hello new to sub. I just wanted to post this in a place where hopefully other people will share their outrage with me.

Mods, if this doesn't belong feel free to remove.

This Billionaire Built A $50 Million Golf Course So His Wife Had A Place To ‘Swing Like An Idiot’



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And once again, liberalism shows its true nature

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What happens when you don't drain your national resources on fighting endless wars, bombing everywhere you see, and financing other countries' militaries and their multiple wars:
China officially opens the world’s tallest bridge, completing the project in under 4 years.

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Trump's broken promise: Plotting social security cuts!
https://redd.it/1nzc82p
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It strikes me that the right wing sort of appeals to a cheap kind of masculinity. Based more on performative strength than character. Thoughts?
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Trump's GDP Scam to Mask Failing Economy

Two economists are walking in the countryside when they come across a pile of horse manure. One economist says to the other: “If you eat that pile of manure, I’ll pay you $10,000.” The second economist thinks for a bit—it’s disgusting, but $10,000 is a lot—so he eats it. The first economist pays up.

They continue walking. After a while, they come across another pile of manure. The second economist says: “Now it’s your turn. If you eat that one, I’ll give you $10,000. ”The first economist, not wanting to lose out, eats it. The second pays him $10,000.

They walk on in silence for a bit. Then one says: “Wait a second. We both ate poop, and we both ended up with the same amount of money as before. What was the point? ”The other replies: “Well, we increased GDP by $20,000.”




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Larry "The CEO of Everything" Ellison

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Sao Paulo, Brazil: Protests against "israel" for FREE PALESTINE

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Taylor Swift is the Epitome of Late Stage Capitalism
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"The story isn't about our imprisonment, the story is about Gaza" incredible bravery and laser focus on the cause.

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"No, we are not heroes. We are doing the bare minimum" We are reaching levels of based previously thought impossible.

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Theo Von, Joe Rogan, Other Manosphere Influencers Cool on Trump | Creators like Theo Von and Adin Ross are starting to distance themselves from the president they helped propel to the White House
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/theo-von-joe-rogan-manosphere-influencers-trump-1235441563/

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Zohran Mamdani would like to make it perfectly clear that he views Nicholas Maduro and Miguel Diaz-Canel as dictators.
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How long do you think they can handle the pressure without a paycheck?
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The holy hypocrisy of Peter Thiel’s Armageddon: When the billionaire tech investor talks about the Antichrist, we should take him seriously, not biblically
https://sf.gazetteer.co/the-holy-hypocrisy-of-peter-thiels-armageddon

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Zohran Mamdani calls Cuba and Venezuela dictatorships
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