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This is how you know the UN is a complete fucking joke at this point that we still waste tax dollars on
The purpose of the UN is so that nuclear powers have a forum to talk, instead of, you know, ending all human life on the planet.
Everything else is just sort of stuff that came along once you had all the countries of the world sitting around realizing that they should do something once they're in the same room.
It reflects the reality of the world.
Say the UN security council ordered Russia to immediately withdraw from Ukraine. Great, right?
Then Russia just says "No."
Ok now what? What can anyone do when a country that has nuclear weapons refuses to comply with an order from the UN? I guess they could write another strongly worded letter which would also be ignored.
The nuclear powers can unilaterally veto anything because that's simply the reality of the world. If you have the UN trying to enforce something that a nuclear power doesn't want that could lead to a nuclear war. Which would be bad.
If countries are satisfied with writing resolutions that accomplish nothing then it's better than having a war. And that's the ultimate goal of the UN, to make countries waste time on UN resolutions that accomplish nothing instead of having wars.
Don't think of the UN as a police force, they aren't. Think of it more like a global politics version of lemmy. A lot of idiots writing angry things at one another and getting nothing done. But getting nothing done is better than having a war.
The UN is working 100% as intended. You want world war 3 because you dislike what this article says? Absolutely delusional.
Tell us more about your country's attitude towards abortion
You mean Canada? We've had pro choice for years. Do not assume everyone is American
Also this makes you and everyone else who does this look like an asshole so fuck off
Akchually, I know what you're saying but technically you're also American, as in, from the continent of America. I'm just being cheeky ignore me.
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