Interestingly, this works pretty well for extreme edge cases too.
Consider the obvious historical edge cases: NAZI Germany or Imperial Japan.
The outcome of the war - those countries becoming liberal democracies - was very much a thing that all concerned *should* consent to. And in fact, absent their lunatic leadership, almost all did.
Duncan Bayne
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