Always nice to discuss things with legitimately intelligent and well mannered people. Apologies if I sometimes sound harsh. I've been told I can be an asshole. I'm working on it.
Yeah well it's part of internet culture to just use it to vent off sometimes, but it's good to be able to have a civilised conversation every now and then!
Yes. The evidence is in the millions. The rule of law is the sole reason you are not living in Iran and in a more well run country.
Plausible but still a bold assumption! I didn't choose to be where I am, stayed out of laziness and hope to move to mexico; not exactly known for its respect of the law!
Personally I think the only laws or restrictions that should be imposed by a central power would be to not harm anyone else (and no words don't count!). I think living in Iran I genuinely had this idea that European or western countries have more respect for thr law but my experience and especially try more I follow politics has been that the laws only apply to people without money or power (pretty much interchangeable terms). Boris Johnson was the mayor, managed to get funding assigned to a woman he was dating and even took her on trade missions, is on the record lying about everything and even hid in the fridge to avoid a piers Morgan interview and what is his punishment? He gets to be prime minister! Most politicians admit to having "tried" drugs and never really had to worry about punishments, the economy is structured in a way that bankers can swindle billions out of people and not only no one has to take responsibility and go to jail but they can also get government bailout because they're too big to fail! I'm sure you don't have to think hard to come up with examples of how the rule of law doesn't actually apply if you have money or power..
What I kinda half jokingly say about mexico is that I prefer that type of corruption as at least everyone has a chance to payoff the cops rather than just the top tier of society!
The rule of law always results in more honesty without exception. It would be a completely scientific stereotype to assign the label "more honest" to the people born and raised in countries like England, Canada, USA and Australia when compared to most other countries. It's a direct result of the rule of law.
Again without relying on stereotypes, can you please cite any study comparing the prevalence of honesty between different cultures and countries? I don't actually have an assumption one way or another but obviously in a country like Iran people would have to be less honest in order to avoid arrest and maybe "aberoo" but not sure iran with its extra unique set of circumstances is the best example of a non-western country!
Disagreeing with nature never works. I hate the fact that I have to pee 13 times a day and totally disagree with the digestion model. Our toilet hasn't seen any reduction in use due to my feelings.
That's more a rant than an argument. Yes, the rule of law among their own population. That's where you start. And if it means using prisoners as slave laborers, then so be it. The rule of law has a price. Societies must be willing to pay for it.
I would argue nature is a very vague notion as the nature of things keep evolving and changing!
There was a time and a place when burying people alive seemed like a natural thing to do.. We can't call our observation of people's behaviour rules of nature!
I'm pretty sure there are already scientific studies showing how differently people and other animals behave when they already have everything they need compared to when they have to fight for survival and I would argue there has never been a time in history where everyone could possibly have everything they need without harming others as there is now!
As for conforming to UN laws and being fair to other countries, it's never going to happen. Humans are tribal mammals. They will never choose fairness over protecting and enriching their own. That's why the rule of law at the world level is next to impossible. If there's to be a superpower that acts like the world police, I much prefer it to be the USA, because it comes with more honesty and transparency.
This gets thrown about a lot about usa being such a benevolent super power but again I don't know if there is any factual basis for it? It may just be a result of us being more exposed to certain media having already developed a hatrid for a party than we think of the other side (iri). Can you think of any country that has or would have overthrown more democratically elected governments than America and always under some other disguise?
I would concede the point you have made in other posts though that trump is the most honest American president in my life time! He literally said he wants to go to Venezuela because they have a lot of oil and if they get their person in l, they can have some of it and similar comments on Syria so yeah not many others who would have said the quiet parts out loud!
Before I finish, I want to put this here as well: The rule of law encourages less dependency on relations. It makes children less dependent on parents' protection. This is the most important reward of the rule of law. Less dependence on parents and a more independent personality results in much desirable leaps in self-growth and attainments. Dependence on family relations in adulthood is one of the biggest hindrances faced by a typical 3rd-worlder. It's a mental disease that plagues many cultures, of which, some unfortunately embrace it instead of addressing it as a weakness. Again, the rule of law is the very first step in remedying this cultural plague.
It's interesting you should make that point as I am fairly sure the number one indicator of wealth and therefore material "success" in most Western countries is family wealth! Of course there are the individuals who go against the trade and are used as motivation for the rest of the population but the chances of people from the wrong background is pretty much the same as winning the lottery but of course someone has to win every now and then otherwise people will stop playing and the whole thing falls apart!
Ps.. Sorry for all the typos and even wrong words sometimes.. I'm self diagnosed dyslexic and typing a long post with quotes on a phone was hard enough so really can't be bothered to go through it to correct; hopefully you'll understand me anyway!