>>13412731Since the modern age, however, the masses demand compensation even for the sacrifices of national wars. At a glance, we can see that individual lives have been elevated to the same level as nations. But this too, is a result of individual specialization. A nation cannot obviously place it's member individuals on the same level as itself, and embracing the principle of individual sovereignty would mean the destruction of the nation. When a group of such individuals is managing a nation, the national administration becomes a doomed symbol of universal selfishness.
For example, when one's child dies because there is no fence around a pond in a public park, one might lay part of that responsibility for that death on the municipality that manages the park. There is no such option in space.
For humans, this is harsh. But because of that harshness, there is no option of appealing to the logic of human convenience. At the very least, it can make people reflect on the fact that blaming the municipality was an example of narrow thinking.
