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> The UN is structurally designed to give China and Russia outsized influence. An interesting assertion. I presume you are implying outsized influence over the
by dc396 9mo ago
> The UN is structurally designed to give China and Russia outsized influence.
An interesting assertion. I presume you are implying outsized influence over the US (or do you mean every other country?). I'm honestly curious: can you describe this structural design?
- N19PEDL2 9mo agoPerhaps they mean that Russia, a corrupted warmonger weak country, has veto power, while more powerful, free and democratic countries have not.
- sparqlittlestar 9mo agoHonestly, ceteris paribus for the US
- niceguy1827 9mo agoThank you sir. Love learning new things every day in a tech forum, especially Latin.
- roenxi 9mo agoThe thing that jumps to mind is the Security Council, which they can parley into diplomatic favours from other people. And the whole point of the UN is that it was the victors of WWII explaining to the rest of the world how international affairs were going to work, so I'd be pleasantly surprised if the special privileges stopped there. And even without that, the UN isn't really set up to handle technical matters. It is a diplomatic club. The point is to give people a seat at the table without considering their competence.
- pu_pe 9mo agoThe Security Council is controlled by the US and its allies (3 out of 5 permanent seats). And the Security Council does not decide on matters of public health like the WHO does. The WHO is staffed by very competent people, certainly more competent than RFK. The UN has handled several technical matters successfully, including global vaccination programs.