Max Sawicky wrote:
> This is Buchananoid, or maybe Naderite. Or maybe both. You can't have
> binding international labor standards, or any other kind, without some kind
> of authority which supercedes national government. A standard without an
> enforcement mechanism is merely voluntary.
I have never been accused before of following the Buchananite/Naderite line. Well, here goes.
The labor standards enforcement was never meant to work. In contrast, the part to help capital by way of the courts was intended to work.
> "Sovereignty" is a straw man. If a nation enters into an agreement to
> accede to supra-national authority in certain areas, it has not lost its
> sovereignty. It can always opt out, albeit at the possible cost of
> suffering consequences, though this is true with or without any such
> agreements.
I would be happy to see the erosion of sovereignty if the power would move away from the control of capital.
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