Comment by bawolff

> I surely hope you don't really think "might makes right" and only cynically say that to express your thoughts about international politics

The expression should not be understood to mean that might makes things morally just. In the weak form it means the strong can do what they want because what are the weak going to do about it? The stronger form of the expression is the idea that strong players set up the rules (legal code, etc) and as such they rig the rules in their favour.