Rule-Based Order

The post-Cold War illusion that the West could write the global rulebook forever and everyone else would just read it and obey.

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wait
01/30/2026

The international system where the rules apply until the rule-makers start losing, then the rules become “complicated.”

bearzino
01/30/2026

US-approved global chaos where the West decides whose sovereignty is to be respected.

Tempest
12/05/2025

A “suggestion-based order” for a select few.

Level 17
12/05/2025

A binding contract where one party holds the pen, the eraser, and the judge’s gavel.

Locked In
12/05/2025

It’s only illegal if you do it.

Alien
12/05/2025

My order, your rules.

tumce
12/05/2025

A suggestion box for everyone else.

Winner
12/05/2025

A political term for “my way or the highway.”

homa
12/05/2025

Global governance by “Do as I say, not as I do,” now with more treaties.

mytee
12/05/2025

A western international framework where the rules only apply to others.

Second Addition
06/15/2023

The illusion of order where rules are made to be broken by the western dicta.

victorhugo
06/15/2023

Rule-based global mayhem.

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