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But huge multi-lateral agreements between countries need to be based on a democratic mandate.
Then Russia or the Ussr could never have signed any agreements.
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Then Russia or the Ussr could never have signed any agreements.
But isn't that pretty much how we deal with all authoritarian states? It may be that there is some fine print in a document somewhere that obliges us to stay quiet about what China is doing to the people of Hong Kong, but why would we let that stop us showing our support to the protestors?
starfish&coffee
I get what you're saying. It's not like you can argue that you are exempt from the bits of the high way code that were written before you were born.
But huge multi-lateral agreements between countries need to be based on a democratic mandate. And with so many of the people this (alleged) agreement covers being unable to influence it I hardly think it could be worth much. According to my link above 51% of the world was born after 1990. If you then add everyone who was under 18 at the time (born after 1st of Jan 1982) then it's 63% of the world population who had no way of influencing that agreement. IANAL so I can't argue this in legal terms but it's definitely not something you could go to war over I would think.
Btw, I feel this way about third world debt too if that is of any help.