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What? North Korea, india, Pakistan are not on the security council, and most mitigation of nuclear war probably happens via things that are less public (red ph
by throwawaymaths 4y ago
What? North Korea, india, Pakistan are not on the security council, and most mitigation of nuclear war probably happens via things that are less public (red phones). Hell. The US and Russia even collaborate - to this day - on a space station, that's independent of and does more for preventing nuclear war than the UN security council
- actionfromafar 4y agoThese powers can't (yet, maybe) fight WW3. If they become a credible force in the future, I fully expect them to be accepted in the security council. North Korea isn't even worth mentioning, their weapons are a joke except as leverage enough to get free UN food from time to time.
- throwawaymaths 4y agoYou just moved the goalposts and did not address the point I made, which is that the bulk of security council work is not discussing nuclear issues, and that the powers with nukes have other ways of talking to each other.
- actionfromafar 4y agoOkay, let’s put it this way. The security council is a way to lessen the risk that the most powerful countries destroy the world. I think this is the most important piece of the UN. This is my opinion.