#sovereign — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #sovereign, aggregated by home.social.
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This Tuesday at 12:05 PM I will give a talk about our steps to become a true sovereign European webhost at DrupalCamp Kortijk 2026. I am so excited !
Will I see you there? https://drupalcamp.be/
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#Trump’s #Iranian campaign: an #illegal #war that risks becoming the new normal.
The #usisraeli military action will test the fragile rules governing the use of force.
The killing of #Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, by a US-Israeli strike is a targeted #assassination of a head of state. It also marks a grave escalation in a region already burdened with smouldering wars and fragile states.
The consequences of the deliberate strike will reverberate across a #MiddleEast marked by the aftershocks of foreign intervention. Revulsion against the hardline regime in Tehran, or the desire for a better future for the Iranian people, does not confer a legal justification.
Force is lawful, under the UN charter, only in self-defence against an imminent attack or with security council approval. Neither condition has been met. There was no evidence of an “instant, overwhelming” Iranian attack being prepared. What Trump’s #OperationEpicFury looks like is not pre-emption but prevention: a decision to eliminate a future risk while an enemy appeared weak. It is a war of choice. Mr Trump’s call to #overthrow a #sovereign government was extraordinary.
Unlike pre-emptive wars, preventive ones are deemed #unlawful because they grant the powerful licence to #strikeatwill. The distinction is important; it is why many European governments rejected #Russia’s justification of its invasion of #Ukraine by claiming to head off a future threat. Law cannot be optional for allies and binding only for adversaries. The domestic foundations of Trump’s action are also shaky. There’s little public support in the US for this #attack, and #Congress was not asked to #authorise #hostilities. There will be even less appetite as the #civiliandeath toll mounts and #USsoldiers come home in #bodybags.
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A quotation from Thomas Hobbes
The Obligation of Subjects to the Soveraign, is understood to last as long, and no longer, than the power lasteth, by which he is able to protect them. For the right men have by Nature to protect themselves, when none else can protect them, can by no Covenant be relinquished. […] The end of Obedience is Protection; which, wheresoever a man seeth it, either in his own, or in anothers sword, Nature applyeth his obedience to it, and his endeavour to maintaine it.
Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) English philosopher
Leviathan, Part 2 “Of Common-wealth,” ch. 21 “Of the Liberty of Subjects” (1651)More about this quote: wist.info/hobbes-thomas/80210/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #hobbes #thomashobbes #leviathan #obedience #protection #safety #society #sovereign #subjects
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Thursday, June 5, 2025
Ukraine wouldn’t launch Operation Spiderweb if Russia agreed to ceasefire — Ukraine could face 500+ Russian drones a night as Kremlin builds new launch sites — Putin’s disregard for troops highlighted as Russian losses approach 1 million, CSIS report shows — For the first time, Pentagon chief to skip Ramstein-format meeting of Ukraine’s allies … and more
https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/06/thursday-june-5-2025/
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The distinction between #sovereign #currency issuers and currency #users is fundamental to understanding the #policy space available to different economic actors.
Sovereign currency #issuers have a unique capacity to manage their economies without the #solvency constraints faced by currency users, which has profound implications for #fiscal and #monetary #policy.
