Despite Washington's grandiose claims to universal sovereignty and legalistic framing, it's conception of the world shares an interesting parallel with traditional Islamic law in that it's also a tripartite division with separate rules governing each particular sphere. The first
world is functionally Dar al-Amriki, territory in complete and voluntary submission to Washington DC in all things, whether it be foreign, economic, or even social policy. The elites here are full willing servitors and participants and the full assembly of instruments of imperial
control ranging from media, the NGO activist ratchet, and the state security services are all under DC's thumb. It's subjects partake in the imperial pageantry and share the same ritualized behavior as the imperial core and even if they do not get the full benefits of citizenship
at least enjoy the imperial peace in that DC's behavior here is less wantonly destructive towards them and is limited by the actual text of their creed. The second world is functionally Dar al-Sulh, in that these are barbarian/pagan states still possessing independence but are in
strategic alignment with Washington DC on particular issues the government cares about so open aggression is not the modus operandi but active subversion efforts are instead the preferred method of operation. These states exist in a precarious state because the ultimate end goal
is to end their independence and thus the strategic alignment is only temporary though they themselves may have convinced them that just because the tiger will eat them last, that they won't even eat them at all. The laws of warfare here are more relaxed than in Dar al-Amriki
and these states are more subject to naked coercion than those in full submission. The final world is the Dar al-Harb in that these states are independent states with policies in opposition to the policies with the American Empire. It is here where open threat and coercion serves
as the predominant face of American policy whether it be sanctions or air strikes. These essentially are the subhumans under the US weltanschaung where it's laws not only do not apply but can instead even be openly perverted and used maliciously via lawfare and the routine civil
massacre by imperial forces can just be written off with a shrug and a yawn. This is the realm of open warfare where the imperial peace doesn't exist as long as there is resistance to Washington's pretensions of universal sovereignty.
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