The call for human rights is made over and against the rule of empire whose might makes right worldview renders it incapable of recognizing any right other than its own ability to do as it wills. Promoting the "will of plutocrats and hegemons" is not a malfunction of empire. It is its very purpose. All else, whether cynical or sincere, is mere rhetoric. We will never have dignity and justice for all so long as the materially mighty are allowed to rule.
The call for human rights is made over and against the rule of empire whose might makes right worldview renders it incapable of recognizing any right other than its own ability to do as it wills. Promoting the "will of plutocrats and hegemons" is not a malfunction of empire. It is its very purpose. All else, whether cynical or sincere, is mere rhetoric. We will never have dignity and justice for all so long as the materially mighty are allowed to rule.