The international order has rotted into a carnival of extortion. Petty states with the geopolitical heft of a doormat strut about as if they were Caesars, wagging fingers and issuing demands to the larger powers. Worse still, regimes that wouldn’t recognize human rights if they tripped over them in the street now preen as moral arbiters, scolding those few nations that at least attempt a semblance of decency.
It is long past time to sweep away the whole parasitic ecosystem of “global institutions.” They are not guardians of justice but bloated monstrosities feeding on the illusion of collective virtue. Decency does not sprout in these towering bureaucratic hives; it grows only in structures small enough to still feel the pulse of their people.
The United States—though hardly “small” by any measure—remains less monstrous than the international behemoths. There, at least, rule of law and democratic standards still exist in some recognizable form. My own Austria is infinitely smaller, and perhaps closer to the right scale for genuine accountability—though I admit, the debate is open.But tinkering around the edges won’t save us. We don’t just need an Öxit. We need a clean severance from everything. The cords must be cut, and yes, it will hurt. Populations have been coddled on dependency for too long. But the system is sputtering, running on fumes, and the crash is already baked in.