The Fragile Nature of International Law

You can literally get away with crimes just by having the right diplomatic license plate.

International law is actually just a massive honor system where countries basically choose

which rules they want to follow. We have laws determining ocean borders based on how far a cannon

could shoot in the 1700s and treaties saying nobody owns the moon, yet countries are

constantly trying to claim it. It gets even wilder because nations can just be a persistent

objector and opt out of customs they don't like. The entire legal framework holding

the world together is really just global peer pressure.