Like most everything else the concept “human rights” is a social construct. But arguing that just because something is social construct it doesn’t exist will just confuse and piss off people. Because to them, the concept is very real.
On the global scene, human rights aren’t worth a damn … at the moment at least. But the EU making human rights violations expensive, that can change this. Because if Qatar can’t sell us its LNG then where can they? Sure China took over for Europe on consuming the Russian fossil fuels. But can China also use all the Qatari LNG? And at what price?
My point is: if the EU says something is important to them, and if you want to do business with the EU you can either decide it’s important for you too or earn less, then it’s going to be important for you pretty soon. Just look at the GDPR and cookies, a lot of companies got real busy, real quick, changing their attitude to personal information.
Like most everything else the concept “human rights” is a social construct. But arguing that just because something is social construct it doesn’t exist will just confuse and piss off people. Because to them, the concept is very real.
On the global scene, human rights aren’t worth a damn … at the moment at least. But the EU making human rights violations expensive, that can change this. Because if Qatar can’t sell us its LNG then where can they? Sure China took over for Europe on consuming the Russian fossil fuels. But can China also use all the Qatari LNG? And at what price?
My point is: if the EU says something is important to them, and if you want to do business with the EU you can either decide it’s important for you too or earn less, then it’s going to be important for you pretty soon. Just look at the GDPR and cookies, a lot of companies got real busy, real quick, changing their attitude to personal information.