Does the United States have the right to exist?

[regnaD kciN]

Poll question: Does the United States have the right to exist?

The purpose of this poll is just the basic question of whether or not the U.S.A. has a right to exist, not what the limits of its power should or shouldn't be.

[Behind the Aegis]

1. FYI

"Do not start a Poll in the I/P forum." source

The two polls that you replied to were created in another forum. Why the moderators move them here, in violation of the I/P rules, as opposed to just locking them outright, I just don't understand!

On edit: I didn't vote.

[Selatius]

2. No government big or small, powerful or weak, has a right to exist if...

the people who are subject to that government's authority do not feel that government has a right to reign over them. Governments derive their powers from the consent of the governed. They have no "rights."

Governments are artificial constructs. They are not real. What is real? Communities of people. Those are real. People with shared histories, languages, and traditions--those are real like forests and rivers and mountains are real.

[Lithos]

3. Locking per I/P guidelines

Not based on a recent news or op-ed article

Lithos
DU Moderator