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So the UN is a way for powerful countries to justify taking action against less powerful countries if other powerful countries kinda agree to it.

• echelon 4y ago
  Of course. It's all to appease the major powers to not use their nukes. To a degree, it also gives the lesser players a voice to feel heard so that they continue to participate in the economic system that benefits the big players. Again, this keeps the big players from acting unilaterally, imperialistically, etc. in a way that threatens the use of nukes. A side benefit is that this lets the bigger players test their geopolitical strategies without dangerous surprises. If tensions can be expressed and gently eased into a final state, that prevents a flash bang. It's kept us from having another world war. Or nuclear exchange. Here's hoping we keep it up.