Most people don’t actually know what international law consists of, and activists take advantage of that.
“Violates international law” functions as a rhetorical bludgeon. It sounds definitive without requiring specificity. It replaces argument with declaration.
The phrase “international law” works precisely because it is vague. It shifts the burden of proof onto the listener to disprove something that was never defined in the first place.
There’s also a reason this language is so popular with globalists. International law, when treated as supreme, shifts authority away from voters and national legislatures and toward unelected international bodies. It replaces consent with process, accountability with expertise.
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