Maybe. This comes off as severely mentally ill to me. But I guess that’s part of your point—if you don’t properly acknowledge the sovereignty issues, you’re going to be in deep trouble. It’s just that I think there exists a lot of dynamics on top of that which don’t seem to reduce to membrane issues?
There are certainly agreements that we make with other people on top of our sovereignty (for example, I “agree” (in some sense) to live in my country at the cost of having to pay taxes), but, crucially, I think sovereignty is at the bottom.
Maybe. This comes off as severely mentally ill to me. But I guess that’s part of your point—if you don’t properly acknowledge the sovereignty issues, you’re going to be in deep trouble. It’s just that I think there exists a lot of dynamics on top of that which don’t seem to reduce to membrane issues?
There are certainly agreements that we make with other people on top of our sovereignty (for example, I “agree” (in some sense) to live in my country at the cost of having to pay taxes), but, crucially, I think sovereignty is at the bottom.