‘We’re the good guys’: why moral storytelling doesn’t make the war on Iran necessary or legal Once the narrative of a “just war” replaces the rule of law, there is little left to restrain powerful states from dominating weaker ones.

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Historically, moral arguments about “civilisation”, “enlightenment”, or “improvement” were also used to justify colonisation and slavery.

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Elon Musk Wants to Block Out the Sun The CEO of the largest satellite company in the world just proposed a bold—and totally misguided—solution to the climate crisis.

Hard pass....

Alternatively we should buy less stuff off Amazon, which uses fossil fuels for shipping.

And fire less space rockets which use fossil fuels (SpaceX).

Would Bezos and Musk be down with that?

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