• chillhelm@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Because a Nation (and I know this sounds crazy) is not a person. You can do many things a country can’t and vice versa.

    For example, you can make a rule that in your house black people do not get sweet foods. It’s a dick move but not illegal. A country is not allowed to make a law that says black people can’t eat sweet foods, because that would be racist discrimination (which is illegal for the government to do in most countries).

    Another example: You can poop (like you did when posting that question). A country does not have a digestive tract and in fact does not eat and can therefore not poop.