Waleed halfway to the Holy Grail here. We're not acting 'globally' to end the pandemic. But we're not doing…

Waleed halfway to the Holy Grail here. We're not acting 'globally' to end the pandemic. But we're not doing that because the 'global' as we think of it, doesn't exist. You can't create international from national. /1 #auspol #covid19aus https://t.co/AM9MvH6IDw

The 'international' or global community created nation states. In 1648. Trying to get nation states to cooperate 'globally' is like making crockery by smashing all the plates you already have, and then gluing them back together. /2

The only global world we've ever really had was the Holy Roman Empire. God, and swords and shields. There's little appetite for either of those solutions, the world has splintered into a million righteous 'local' unities. Not diversity, a million home-grown empires. /end