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Not that I fan of CCP, nor I know details of this situation, but isn’t barring people under investigation from leaving the country a pretty normal legal practice?

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Down with all nation-states!

Not the rallying call I expected but I'm here for it

I'm not sure why you specified nation-states when this is just as likely to happen in any state.

Like me they probably assumed nation-state was just another word for state.

I wasn't actually trying to distinguish away from states but rather from nations. I understand "nation" to have a specific meaning centered around sovereignty within indigenous scholarship. I should've just used "state" but I didn't think it'd sound as edgy

A nation state is a corporation with a monopoly on violence

and also that initially took power through violence.

But they are not suspected of any crime.

Isn't violating export controls a crime?

(Also in the US you can still be prevented from leaving the country for a tort (civil matter))

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