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The goal of the United Nation is to prevent another world war. Minor atrocities are accepted as long as everyone stays at the table.

soulofmischief 7y ago
I'd say it's failing in that respect as well.
- amanaplanacanal 7y ago
  I know I'm out of touch, but was there a world war I missed?
  - soulofmischief 7y ago
    No, but if you pay attention, the US, Russia, and other global powers are engaged in proxy wars all over the globe. We continue to fund terrorism. We are on the cusp of another cold war with Russia. China is moving for market dominance and expansion of their totalitarian regime. The West's global markets are on thinner ice than ever. Domestically, the US, the world's biggest superpower, is crumbling. Poverty is on the rise. The wealth gap broadens. The US has begun assaulting its citizens' Constitutionally granted rights, including the rights to free speech and the right to bear arms against the government. Dozens and dozens of extremely important natural resources, minerals, etc will be dried up within half a century. This will likely lead to global instability and riots. [0] The environment is wasted. Thousands of animals and insects and other life evaporated. We are literally in the middle of a global extinction event [1] whose impact has yet to be fully appreciated. Our biosphere is rapidly collapsing. Our generation will be synonymous with plastic and the destruction of the Earth. Multiple Middle Eastern countries are gaining access to nuclear weaponry. Things are as tense with Iran as ever. Al-Qaeda's plan [2] for Islamic global domination and war, while dampened for a moment, is still chugging right along. ISIS is not gone. We have not defeated them. They want a global religious war and everything they do is working towards this goal. If we get out of the next three decades without a world war, I will be very surprised. The coming War for Resources is inevitable, the only unknown is when. No, the UN is not doing their job. Nor is the US. [0] https://www.dni.gov/files/documents/NICR%202013-05%20US%20Nat%20Resources%202020,%202030%202040.pdf https://www.dni.gov/files/documents/NICR%202013-05%20US%20Na... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocene_extinction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocene_extinction [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Qaeda#Strategy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Qaeda#Strategy

soulofmischief 7y ago

I'd say it's failing in that respect as well.

amanaplanacanal 7y ago
I know I'm out of touch, but was there a world war I missed?
- soulofmischief 7y ago
  No, but if you pay attention, the US, Russia, and other global powers are engaged in proxy wars all over the globe. We continue to fund terrorism. We are on the cusp of another cold war with Russia. China is moving for market dominance and expansion of their totalitarian regime. The West's global markets are on thinner ice than ever. Domestically, the US, the world's biggest superpower, is crumbling. Poverty is on the rise. The wealth gap broadens. The US has begun assaulting its citizens' Constitutionally granted rights, including the rights to free speech and the right to bear arms against the government. Dozens and dozens of extremely important natural resources, minerals, etc will be dried up within half a century. This will likely lead to global instability and riots. [0] The environment is wasted. Thousands of animals and insects and other life evaporated. We are literally in the middle of a global extinction event [1] whose impact has yet to be fully appreciated. Our biosphere is rapidly collapsing. Our generation will be synonymous with plastic and the destruction of the Earth. Multiple Middle Eastern countries are gaining access to nuclear weaponry. Things are as tense with Iran as ever. Al-Qaeda's plan [2] for Islamic global domination and war, while dampened for a moment, is still chugging right along. ISIS is not gone. We have not defeated them. They want a global religious war and everything they do is working towards this goal. If we get out of the next three decades without a world war, I will be very surprised. The coming War for Resources is inevitable, the only unknown is when. No, the UN is not doing their job. Nor is the US. [0] https://www.dni.gov/files/documents/NICR%202013-05%20US%20Nat%20Resources%202020,%202030%202040.pdf https://www.dni.gov/files/documents/NICR%202013-05%20US%20Na... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocene_extinction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocene_extinction [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Qaeda#Strategy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Qaeda#Strategy