The demonstration in Rio reveals not only ideological alignments, but also the workings of an ecosystem that connects global finance, intellectual production, and political mobilization.

Liberty-washing: the practice of selectively invoking the language of liberty, democratic restoration, or rule of law to legitimize coercive foreign action, while disregarding sovereignty, international legal constraints, or comparable liberties at home.

The terror and urgency of this global paradigm of democracy and the struggle for freedom is that it threatens the survival of vulnerable people.

Noam Chomsky: International law is for the weak.