[stale2002]

> The UN Charter isn't real?

Correct. The UN charter is a piece of paper.

Pieces of paper don't do anything. They are not magic spells that enforce anything, and they only matter in so far as they are enforced by other actors with real power.

If you want to talk about what other countries with a military or trade power might do, go ahead. But the piece of paper is rarely relevant at the international stage.

[greenavocado]

The only thing that matters is what the guys with the guns want to take from you

[goatlover]

That was certainly the case on The Walking Dead with the various surviving communities. But we should hope the actual world would operate a little more lawfully than a post-apocalyptic free for all.