• Viking_Hippie@lemmy.worldOP
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    10 months ago

    That’s what I’ve been trying to tell people for almost two decades: the UN isn’t inherently ineffective, but the Big 5 makes it so by vetoing almost every important resolution.

    If we take away that veto and grant the UN real enforcement power, it could make the world a much better place for the vast majority of humanity.

    The 5 and the billionaires whose interests align with them would never permit such justice, though 😮‍💨

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      10 months ago

      If we take away that veto and grant the UN real enforcement power, it could make the world a much better place for the vast majority of humanity.

      I like to dream too, but if you remove the veto and give the UN enforcement powers, the UN would dissolve damned near overnight. The big players play because they can control the narrative and know that the UN is effectively toothless. You give them teeth and you’re going to see every right wing party in the world lose their shit about sovereignty or rev even harder at the derp state.

      Now, that’s not to say it’s a bad idea at all. In fact I agree with you that it should be done. I just have no faith that the necessary changes wouldn’t also destroy it.