RISC-V Foundation moving to Switzerland over trade curb fears

Re:RISC-V Foundation moving to Switzerland over trade curb f... by pavlov on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @06:22AM (#21637329)

> "...the real question is why others are so willing to give up their sovereignty and right to self determination?"

It's an easy question to ask when you're the guy at the top of the pile with the biggest guns and the ability to kill or capture your perceived enemies anywhere in the world.

For everyone else, global institutions based on universal human rights are a welcome safeguard against the abuses of 20th century style sovereignty.

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Re:RISC-V Foundation moving to Switzerland over trade curb f... by mcv on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @06:41AM (#21637427)

Just look at how many foreigners the US has abducted to be locked up or tortured, often even without a fair trial. At least the ICC guarantees a fair trial.

The US is making it very explicit that they are above rules. They have the right to commit war crimes, while holding other countries accountable for their war crimes, and even for things that aren't even crimes at all. The US is a bully, and is very explicit about it.

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Re:RISC-V Foundation moving to Switzerland over trade curb f... by stjohnswarts on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @06:40AM (#21637416)

Name a large country that would really obey an ICC dictate that it didn't like (Namely China, India, USA, Russia, Great Britain, France, Germany, etc)

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Re:RISC-V Foundation moving to Switzerland over trade curb f... by close04 on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @07:32AM (#21637688)

I'm not sure Germany and France should be on that list. Not because they wouldn't try to protect their own even from the suspicion of being war criminals but because they would never got to such lengths as to threaten war to do it.

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Re:RISC-V Foundation moving to Switzerland over trade curb f... by socialdemocrat on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @08:57AM (#21638258)

Basically you are arguing for the kind of oppressive world China and Russia wants. One where a state has absolute sovereignty for abuse and oppress.

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